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Russian State Duma calls for sanctions on Georgia, but Putin urges restraint
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on July 9 that Moscow would refrain from further sanctions against Georgia, despite a recent escalation of tensions between Russia and its small southern neighbour.
Putin made the comment in an interview with state-owned TV channel Russia-24 shortly after the Russian State Duma adopted a resolution
on July 9 recommending that the government to discuss additional economic sanctions on Georgia and send a proposal to Putin. United Russia, the Communist Party, the Liberal-Democratic Party and Fair Russia all supported the resolution.
“For the sake of restoring full-fledged relations, I would not do anything to complicate our
relations,” Putin said, according to a parliament statement.
The chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin responded, saying that Putin had given "them [the Georgians] a chance to come to their senses.”
“The position of the State Duma remains unchanged, it is necessary to consider the issue related to those forces developing Russophobia, that are against our country and trying to seize power in Georgia, and in this regard, we proposed specific measures that we could take: a ban
on remittances, ban on mineral water and wine import,” Volodin told to parliamentary journalists.
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Uzbek president orders 40% increase in car output to 350,000 vehicles by 2023
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on July 8 or- dered the country’s state-run automobile manufac- turing company Uzavtosanoat to increase annual output from the current level of 250,000 vehicles to 350,000 cars by 2023, Jahon news agency reported.
Most of Uzavtosanoat’s output is from its subsidi- ary, UZAUTO Motors (formerly GM Uzbekistan), which saw its output at 220,667 vehicles in 2018. Previous media reports have said GM Uzbeki- stan’s car output stood at 82,000 vehicles in 2017.
Mirziyoyev also ordered the company to raise annual exports of cars to at least 100,000 cars per year, the report said.
In the first six months of 2019, the volume of car output in Uzbekistan grew by 54% y/y compared to the same period last year.
The share of domestically produced cars sold in the Uzbek market reached 97%.