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37 Ukraine’s strategy of hitting Russian oil refineries is working
39 Russia hits Ukrainian power facilities in six regions with intense missile attack, imports from EU won't cover winter demand
SPECIAL FOCUS
40 President Raisi's death and
its implications for Iran and the region
41 What happens when an Iranian president dies in office?
42 Turkey says helicopter carrying Iran’s Raisi did not emit transponder signal, adds Turkish drone used to find wreckage
43 Who will be the next Iranian president following Raisi’s death?
CENTRAL EUROPE
44 Von der Leyen says EU will close rule-of-law dispute with Poland
45 Polish judge shows up in Minsk asking for political asylum
46 Assassination attempt on Fico shows radicalisation of Slovak society
47 Central Europe nudges Ukrainian refugees to return home
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University of Ljubljana students occupy faculty in protest against military operations in Gaza
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
Turkey simply relabels Russian oil products and exports them to Europe, research indicates
China to intensify relations with Serbia after President Xi's landmark visit to Belgrade
North Macedonia’s opposition VMRO-DPMNE celebrates twin electoral victory
Kosovo to become first Muslim-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage
German chancellor says 4-year timeline for Montenegro's EU membership is realistic
EASTERN EUROPE
Putin, Xi hold in-depth wide- ranging talks in Beijing in symbolic meeting
Ukraine – running through the numbers
A private company is building Belarus President Lukashenko a luxurious bolthole in Russia's Sochi – investigation
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63 Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoisky faces life imprisonment for murder
EURASIA
64 Kazakh ex-minister convicted of savage torture and murder of wife in trial that gripped nation
66 Georgian oligarch Ivanishvili advocates repression, blames Western “Party
of War” for country’s ills
68 New India-Europe transit corridor set to challenge IMEC, Suez routes
OPINION
70 The bilateral relations between China and the European Union are important but challenging
71 Putin visits China; US sanctions also make trade between China and Russia more difficult
72 Aliyev continues to block the chance of peace in the South Caucasus
77 Exhausting Russia, strategies and fantasies Russia and Iran have some people in Moscow asking questions
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