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COVER FEATURE
35 Iran and Russia save each
other’s car industries
37 Russia's Asian oil and gas pivot will take too long
39 Vlad – What's your problem with gas turbines?
42 The economic war with Russia has already cost the West $380bn
CENTRAL EUROPE
46 Population decline to take Emerging Europe back to the early 20th century
48 Row over Babiš' conflicts of interest set to spice up Czech presidential race
49 Calls for Czech spy chief and interior minister to resign as STAN corruption scan-dal widens
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
50 Nightmare scenarios haunt Turks as Syrian Kurds carry out military assaults on Turkish soil
51 Turkey’s port warehouses reportedly packed full with goods bound for Russia
52 Drought damage to European grain harvest piles on top of Ukraine war impact
54 Bosnia's Republika Srpska seeks stronger economic ties with Russia
55 John Malkovich to turn Skopje into Hollywood of the Balkans
EASTERN EUROPE
56 Can Russia pivot its European gas sales to Asia?
58 CEPR's action plan for Ukraine's wartime economy
61 Envoy says start made on construction of Turkish attack drone factory in Ukraine
EURASIA
62 Tajikistan’s unprecedented GBAO crackdown threatens a centuries-old culture
65 End of Vienna talks means US, Iran political approvals now needed to revive nuclear deal
66 Analysts say Kremlin’s launch of Iranian satellite may be leverage move to obtain drones
67 Fighting resumes in Nagorno-Karabakh
OPINION
68 Turkey moves closer to Russia, but is immune to Western sanctions
70 Southeast Europe’s ties to Russia prove hard to sever
73 Beijing and Moscow clash over Kazakhstan’s oil
74 If they fear us they respect us
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
77 Russian industrial production falls only 0.5 in July, grows in seasonally adjusted terms, inflation continues to ease
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