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COMPANIES & MARKETS
CEE easing cycles around the corner
Black Sea war zone threatens to knock out Kazakh oil
Boom in UK exports to Kyrgyzstan sparks fresh war sanctions evasion concerns
How Fozzy Group's supermarkets have weathered the storm of Russian aggres-sion in Ukraine
India to buy a record 9mn tonnes of discounted Russian wheat to head off do-mestic price spike
The Austrian troubleshooter cleaning up the Moldovan ‘laundromat’ bank
Banana crates from Ecuador now ‘usual suspect’ for Turkey's cocaine police
Romanian route for Ukrainian grain under increasing pressure
Czech cyanide maker Draslovka in talks on potential IPO
16 BRICS bank raises $78mn in first South African bond auction
17 PPF announces cooperation with Emirates’ Etisalat
18 French IT company Atos close to finalising talks with Czech oligarch Kretinsky
19 How exposed is the Uzbek soum to the collapse of the Russian ruble?
22 Ruble’s fall creates currency risk in Central Asia and the Caucasus
23 Russian investors launch action after being stung in $100mn crypto heist
25 Kazakhstan’s tech success shows way out of raw resources addiction
25 New research reveals surge in AI startups in Southeast Europe
26 Russian e-commerce major Ozon floats on Kazakh AIX
27 Czech-based PPF buys 6.3% stake in Scandinavian Viaplay Group
28 Carbon capture is only a way to make people feel good about continuing emis-sions
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