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COMPANIES & MARKETS
4 Russian sanctions boomerang effect means a year of stagnation for Europe in 2024
7 How exposed is the EU to the fragmentation of the global trade regime?
10 Russia and China maintain grip on Kazakhstan’s uranium supply amid US and EU high reliance on it
11 China building up electric auto infrastructure in Central Asia
12 EU imposes twelfth sanctions package on Russia, including a ban on diamond imports but not tanker sales
14 Kremlin grabs control of Russia's best car dealership Rolf
15 US runs of out money to help Ukraine
15 US adds 17 Liberian-flagged bulk carriers and oil tankers to Russian sanctions- busting blacklist
16 Bulgaria replaces Russian crude oil with imports from Kazakhstan, Iraq and Tunisia
17 Moody’s upgrades rating outlook on Turkey to positive
17 Montenegro plans samurai bond to diversify funding sources
18 Lira falls past 30/$ milestone
19 Kosovo to exclusively use euro as its currency sparking new row
with Serbia
20 Prague Stock Exchange head warns of 'end of the Czech capital market' if CEZ is nationalised
21 Turkey’s Nasdaq-listed e-commerce lossmaker Hepsiburada talks up destinations for growth
23 Kazakhstan’s fintech heavyweight Kaspi generates $1bn with Nasdaq IPO
24 Bulgaria launches its own open source GPT system BgGPT
24 Czech e-commerce turnover drops by 6% y/y in 2023
25 Turkey's largest e-commerce platform Hepsiburada is set to enter the Ukrainian market
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