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#Sanctions

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EconomyBrief12 Jun

Kyrgyzstan extends its timber export ban, eyeing Russian re-exports

Bishkek prolonged its ban on exporting timber outside the Eurasian Economic Union for another six months, a recurring move aimed partly at blocking the re-export of duty-free Russian wood.

Aigerim Bekova column
OpinionBrief8 Jun

Fifty companies

Kyrgyzstan shut down fifty companies on a list provided by Washington and London. The part of the story that got less attention: it was a list of fifty-one.