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China to open Afghanistan border after nearly a century? Iran to bomb “Trump” route? “Cargo corridor” journalism is where it’s at nowadays

Wars are reshaping countries’ thinking on how to get goods in and out.

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Wildberries warehouse strikes leave sellers facing more than $1bn in losses

Ukrainian drone strikes on two of Wildberries’ largest warehouses could leave Russia’s biggest online marketplace and its merchants facing losses of more than RUB100bn ($1.28bn), with merchants likely to bear the brunt fo the loses.

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COMMENT: The four-power alliance that needs no treaty

An Ankara conference has urged a Turkey, Russia, China and Iran alliance to deter the US. The treaty may never be signed, but the trade flows, pipelines and payment systems suggest the bloc already exists in all but name.

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MOSCOW BLOG: Hitting the Wildberries warehouse is a lot more painful than it looks

The tit-for-tat missile war escalated at the weekend after Ukraine hit the largest distribution centre belonging to Wildberries, the “Amazon of Russia.” The Kremlin hit back the next day with a massive drone and missile barrage.

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Russia responds to Wildberries warehouse strike with largest bombardment of the war

Russia carried out its largest ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv on the night of July 18, as the brutal tit-for-tat missile war continues to escalate

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Hungary's president signs constitutional amendment ending his own mandate

Tamas Sulyok ended his own mandate despite strongly criticising the legislation and warning that it marks a turning point for Hungary's constitutional democracy.

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Zelenskiy creates new role with expanded powers for ex-Defence Minister Fedorov

After a week of chaos, scandal and protest, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged the effectiveness of sacked ex-Defence Minister Fedorov and announced his appointment to an expanded national security role with real powers.

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AI boom gives Poland and Hungary new export opportunities

Central European economies are emerging as unexpected beneficiaries of the global artificial intelligence boom, with Poland and Hungary seeing growth in exports linked to AI infrastructure.

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Rosatom financial woes threaten Central Asia’s nuclear energy ambitions

Iran's Pezeshkian says economy has become main battleground in war with US, Israel

Colombia set to resume relations with Israel under de la Espriella

Rosatom financial woes threaten Central Asia’s nuclear energy ambitions

Budget cuts call projects in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan into question.

Iran's Pezeshkian says economy has become main battleground in war with US, Israel

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said the economy has replaced the battlefield as the main front in Iran's confrontation with the US and Israel, defending a 14-point understanding with Washington as he called for national unity.

Colombia set to resume relations with Israel under de la Espriella

Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, will fully restore his country's diplomatic and economic relations with Israel from the moment he takes office on August 7, his transition office said.

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Iran confirms mediator ceasefire proposals as it vows to fight on against US

Iran's foreign ministry has confirmed receiving ceasefire proposals from mediators, including a reported Qatari 10-day plan, while insisting the collapsed US memorandum contained no ambiguity and vowing to document American strikes.

Russia tells citizens in Jordan to shelter as Iran war reaches the kingdom

Russia has told citizens in Jordan to shelter during air raid alerts after Iranian strikes on the kingdom killed two US service members, as Washington prepares to widen military operations against Iran.

Two tankers explode near Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Guards say

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said two oil tankers had detonated south of the Strait of Hormuz after trying to sail through Omani waters, incidents indicating that the waterway would remain insecure while US strikes on Iran continued.

Russian gains increase pressure on Ukraine's Donbas strongholds

Moscow is concentrating forces against the Donbas "fortress belt", a chain of heavily fortified industrial cities that has anchored Kyiv's eastern defences for years.

Ukraine accelerates privatisation drive with sale of strategic industrial assets

Ukraine is pressing ahead with one of its most ambitious privatisation programmes since the war began in 2022, seeking to attract private capital into strategically important industrial enterprises.

Iran confirms mediator ceasefire proposals as it vows to fight on against US

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Russia tells citizens in Jordan to shelter as Iran war reaches the kingdom

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Two tankers explode near Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Guards say

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Russian gains increase pressure on Ukraine's Donbas strongholds

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Ukraine accelerates privatisation drive with sale of strategic industrial assets

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Russian disinformation campaign fails to fan flames of Ukrainian Defence Minister Fedorov sacking

Analysis of 6,947 publications suggests street protests shifted blame for defence minister’s dismissal towards army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, activist group PoshukaAi found in a study.

Turkey bans jailed Erdogan challenger Imamoglu’s latest YouTube and X accounts

Ban on tweets seventh obtained by authorities on national security and public order grounds.

Iraq grants Starlink licence as Washington summit yields $60bn in US deals

Iraq has licensed Starlink to operate satellite internet services, signed in Washington as part of a summit package of 48 agreements with US firms and institutions worth more than $60bn.

Xi positions China to challenge US grip on global AI rules

President Xi Jinping used the opening of China's flagship AI summit on July 17 to portray Beijing as an alternative rule-setter for artificial intelligence, unveiling a new intergovernmental body and a package of aid for developing nations.

Pakistan targets fully digital remittances to accelerate cashless economy

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed officials to ensure that all remittance inflows are processed through digital channels, saying the move would improve transparency, efficiency and economic activity.

Russian disinformation campaign fails to fan flames of Ukrainian Defence Minister Fedorov sacking

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Turkey bans jailed Erdogan challenger Imamoglu’s latest YouTube and X accounts

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Iraq grants Starlink licence as Washington summit yields $60bn in US deals

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Xi positions China to challenge US grip on global AI rules

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Pakistan targets fully digital remittances to accelerate cashless economy

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Opinion

Magyar's constitutional overhaul tests Hungary's path from Orbán era

OSW analysts say PM Péter Magyar's sweeping constitutional changes aimed at restoring the rule of law relied "on tools similar to those for which Fidesz was criticised for years".

Ukraine war exposes widening missile defence gap as strikes reshape energy markets

Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure are reshaping fuel markets without significantly reducing Moscow's oil export revenues, analyst argues.

BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Imamoglu, jailed challenger to Erdogan, given 3 minutes per criminal charge to defend himself

From prison cell, launches blistering attack on collapse of judiciary that will silence political dissent ahead of all elections.

BOFIT: Russia faces increasing challenges in balancing its economic policies

The rising costs of the Ukraine war have forced the Russian government to increase spending, causing the federal budget deficit to expand further. High spending growth is making it hard for the CBR to cut rates and revive the economy.

COMMENT: Why Iran's central bank is starving banks of liquidity

Iran’s central bank is squeezing liquidity to defend the rial, meeting under a fifth of banks’ funding demand as inflation hits 57.7% and money supply growth tops 53% after the war with the US and Israel.

Magyar's constitutional overhaul tests Hungary's path from Orbán era

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Ukraine war exposes widening missile defence gap as strikes reshape energy markets

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BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Imamoglu, jailed challenger to Erdogan, given 3 minutes per criminal charge to defend himself

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BOFIT: Russia faces increasing challenges in balancing its economic policies

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COMMENT: Why Iran's central bank is starving banks of liquidity

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Russia’s reserves edge up to $722.4bn after June decline

Russia’s international reserves edged up to $722.4bn in the week ending 10 July, according to the Central Bank of Russia, extending a recovery after a sharp fall in late June.

Russia's inflation shock complicates rate cut hopes as central bank braces for slowdown

Russia's central bank has warned that the recent surge in inflation is spreading beyond a temporary fuel price shock, while economists have sharply raised their forecasts for inflation and interest rates, complicating Kremlin hopes for rate cuts,

Israeli inflation falls to five-year low as monthly CPI holds steady

Israel's annual inflation rate fell to 1.6% in the 12 months to June, its lowest in five years, down from 1.9% in May. Monthly CPI came in flat against forecasts of a 0.1%-0.2% decline, leaving inflation inside the Bank of Israel's 1%-3% target band

Romania’s real net wages stay low since mid-2025

Accelerating inflation pushed real wages down by 6.9% y/y in May, the sharpest annual decline in purchasing power in the past decade.

Azerbaijan's H1 oil and gas exports fall in value despite volume gains

Azerbaijan exported oil, gas and related products worth a combined $10.8bn in the first half of 2026, according to State Customs Committee data.

Russia’s reserves edge up to $722.4bn after June decline

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Russia's inflation shock complicates rate cut hopes as central bank braces for slowdown

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Israeli inflation falls to five-year low as monthly CPI holds steady

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Romania’s real net wages stay low since mid-2025

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Azerbaijan's H1 oil and gas exports fall in value despite volume gains

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Features

Fuel crisis hitting Russia’s real economy as agricultural peak season approaches

Russia’s deepening fuel crisis is spreading beyond filling-station queues into freight, agriculture, retail and public services, threatening to deliver a fresh inflationary shock as the country enters its peak harvest season.

Graham's "hellish" Russian sanctions bill moving forward

A US sanctions bill originally promoted by the late Senator Lindsey Graham and Democrat Richard Blumenthal has moved close to passage after being stalled in Congress for more than a year.

BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Erdogan’s son-in-law offers new revelations on 10th anniversary of failed coup

After narrowly escaping assassins, president unknowingly boarded a plane co-piloted by a member of the anti-government Gulenists, recounts Berat Albayrak.

Arrests close in on the Russian stoligarch Rotenberg brothers’ business empire

A widening series of arrests surrounding the notorious businessmen Arkady and Boris Rotenberg has raised questions over whether two of President Vladimir Putin’s oldest and most influential allies are headed for a fall from grace.

Ukraine turns to police veteran as new Defence Minister to tackle mobilisation challenge

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's nomination of Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko to replace the popular and effective Mykhailo Fedorov has come as a great disappointment to Ukraine’s allies and the new minister faces formidable challenges.

Fuel crisis hitting Russia’s real economy as agricultural peak season approaches

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Graham's "hellish" Russian sanctions bill moving forward

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BEYOND THE BOSPORUS: Erdogan’s son-in-law offers new revelations on 10th anniversary of failed coup

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Arrests close in on the Russian stoligarch Rotenberg brothers’ business empire

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Ukraine turns to police veteran as new Defence Minister to tackle mobilisation challenge

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Blogs

KYIV BLOG: What is Ukraine’s future: Afghanistan or Finland?

What is in store for Ukraine? There are two starkly different possibilities. It can become Finland — a country that lost a war, lost a tenth of its territory, swallowed neutrality, and then got rich. Or it can become Afghanistan.

KYIV BLOG: Ukraine’s new PM: one step forward, one big step backwards

Ukraine just got a new Prime Minister, Serhii Koretskyi, an oil and gas man that cut his teeth as an oil trader in the private sector before going to run Ukraine’s two biggest energy companies: Ukrnafta and Naftogaz.

TEHRAN BLOG: Tehran returns to routine as war resumes, but nerves remain frayed

Tehran's cafés and traffic jams are back weeks into renewed war, but residents interviewed say inflation and the cost of rebuilding now dominate conversation, with little appetite for another round of fighting.

BALKAN BLOG: A Le Pen presidency could slam the brakes on EU enlargement

The European Union's renewed drive to expand eastwards could face its biggest political obstacle yet if French far-right leader Marine Le Pen wins the 2027 presidential election.

KYIV BLOG: Government reshuffle and Ukraine’s Battle of Britain moment

Ukraine is likely to get a new Prime Minister today and a much more pragmatic government as a result of the surprise reshuffle that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy triggered by asking the current Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko to quit.

KYIV BLOG: What is Ukraine’s future: Afghanistan or Finland?

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KYIV BLOG: Ukraine’s new PM: one step forward, one big step backwards

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TEHRAN BLOG: Tehran returns to routine as war resumes, but nerves remain frayed

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BALKAN BLOG: A Le Pen presidency could slam the brakes on EU enlargement

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KYIV BLOG: Government reshuffle and Ukraine’s Battle of Britain moment

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Hungary to offer larger-than-planned wind capacity after strong investor interest

Hungary’s government has launched a major wind power expansion programme aimed at increasing installed wind capacity more than tenfold by 2030.

Poland builds EU coalition to push ETS reform

Poland has assembled a 10-country coalition to press Brussels to slow the tightening of the bloc’s emissions trading system and reconsider a carbon market for buildings and road transport.

Cambodia clears over $1bn in renewable energy investments

Cambodia approved more than $1bn worth of renewable energy projects in the first half of 2026, strengthening its clean energy capacity and supporting broader investment growth.

Strong El Niño threatens Latin American inflation and rate cuts, UBS warns

Latin American economies face renewed inflationary pressure and possible delays to interest rate cuts if a strong El Niño weather pattern disrupts food production, electricity generation and infrastructure this year, Swiss bank UBS said in a note.

Poland records third-warmest June since 1951 as scientists urge climate action

Polish scientists have urged lawmakers to hold an urgent parliamentary debate on the climate crisis and accelerate both emissions reductions and adaptation measures.

Hungary to offer larger-than-planned wind capacity after strong investor interest

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Poland builds EU coalition to push ETS reform

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Cambodia clears over $1bn in renewable energy investments

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Strong El Niño threatens Latin American inflation and rate cuts, UBS warns

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Iran's foreign ministry has confirmed receiving ceasefire proposals from mediators, including a reported Qatari 10-day plan, while insisting the collapsed US memorandum contained no ambiguity and vowing to document American strikes.

Russia has told citizens in Jordan to shelter during air raid alerts after Iranian strikes on the kingdom killed two US service members, as Washington prepares to widen military operations against Iran.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said two oil tankers had detonated south of the Strait of Hormuz after trying to sail through Omani waters, incidents indicating that the waterway would remain insecure while US strikes on Iran continued.

Moscow is concentrating forces against the Donbas "fortress belt", a chain of heavily fortified industrial cities that has anchored Kyiv's eastern defences for years.

Ukraine is pressing ahead with one of its most ambitious privatisation programmes since the war began in 2022, seeking to attract private capital into strategically important industrial enterprises.

Tech

Analysis of 6,947 publications suggests street protests shifted blame for defence minister’s dismissal towards army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, activist group PoshukaAi found in a study.

Ban on tweets seventh obtained by authorities on national security and public order grounds.

Iraq has licensed Starlink to operate satellite internet services, signed in Washington as part of a summit package of 48 agreements with US firms and institutions worth more than $60bn.

President Xi Jinping used the opening of China's flagship AI summit on July 17 to portray Beijing as an alternative rule-setter for artificial intelligence, unveiling a new intergovernmental body and a package of aid for developing nations.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed officials to ensure that all remittance inflows are processed through digital channels, saying the move would improve transparency, efficiency and economic activity.

Opinion

OSW analysts say PM Péter Magyar's sweeping constitutional changes aimed at restoring the rule of law relied "on tools similar to those for which Fidesz was criticised for years".

Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure are reshaping fuel markets without significantly reducing Moscow's oil export revenues, analyst argues.

From prison cell, launches blistering attack on collapse of judiciary that will silence political dissent ahead of all elections.

The rising costs of the Ukraine war have forced the Russian government to increase spending, causing the federal budget deficit to expand further. High spending growth is making it hard for the CBR to cut rates and revive the economy.

Iran’s central bank is squeezing liquidity to defend the rial, meeting under a fifth of banks’ funding demand as inflation hits 57.7% and money supply growth tops 53% after the war with the US and Israel.

Data

Russia’s international reserves edged up to $722.4bn in the week ending 10 July, according to the Central Bank of Russia, extending a recovery after a sharp fall in late June.

Russia's central bank has warned that the recent surge in inflation is spreading beyond a temporary fuel price shock, while economists have sharply raised their forecasts for inflation and interest rates, complicating Kremlin hopes for rate cuts,

Israel's annual inflation rate fell to 1.6% in the 12 months to June, its lowest in five years, down from 1.9% in May. Monthly CPI came in flat against forecasts of a 0.1%-0.2% decline, leaving inflation inside the Bank of Israel's 1%-3% target band

Accelerating inflation pushed real wages down by 6.9% y/y in May, the sharpest annual decline in purchasing power in the past decade.

Azerbaijan exported oil, gas and related products worth a combined $10.8bn in the first half of 2026, according to State Customs Committee data.

Features

Russia’s deepening fuel crisis is spreading beyond filling-station queues into freight, agriculture, retail and public services, threatening to deliver a fresh inflationary shock as the country enters its peak harvest season.

A US sanctions bill originally promoted by the late Senator Lindsey Graham and Democrat Richard Blumenthal has moved close to passage after being stalled in Congress for more than a year.

After narrowly escaping assassins, president unknowingly boarded a plane co-piloted by a member of the anti-government Gulenists, recounts Berat Albayrak.

A widening series of arrests surrounding the notorious businessmen Arkady and Boris Rotenberg has raised questions over whether two of President Vladimir Putin’s oldest and most influential allies are headed for a fall from grace.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's nomination of Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko to replace the popular and effective Mykhailo Fedorov has come as a great disappointment to Ukraine’s allies and the new minister faces formidable challenges.

Blogs

What is in store for Ukraine? There are two starkly different possibilities. It can become Finland — a country that lost a war, lost a tenth of its territory, swallowed neutrality, and then got rich. Or it can become Afghanistan.

Ukraine just got a new Prime Minister, Serhii Koretskyi, an oil and gas man that cut his teeth as an oil trader in the private sector before going to run Ukraine’s two biggest energy companies: Ukrnafta and Naftogaz.

Tehran's cafés and traffic jams are back weeks into renewed war, but residents interviewed say inflation and the cost of rebuilding now dominate conversation, with little appetite for another round of fighting.

The European Union's renewed drive to expand eastwards could face its biggest political obstacle yet if French far-right leader Marine Le Pen wins the 2027 presidential election.

Ukraine is likely to get a new Prime Minister today and a much more pragmatic government as a result of the surprise reshuffle that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy triggered by asking the current Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko to quit.

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Hungary’s government has launched a major wind power expansion programme aimed at increasing installed wind capacity more than tenfold by 2030.

Poland has assembled a 10-country coalition to press Brussels to slow the tightening of the bloc’s emissions trading system and reconsider a carbon market for buildings and road transport.

Cambodia approved more than $1bn worth of renewable energy projects in the first half of 2026, strengthening its clean energy capacity and supporting broader investment growth.

Latin American economies face renewed inflationary pressure and possible delays to interest rate cuts if a strong El Niño weather pattern disrupts food production, electricity generation and infrastructure this year, Swiss bank UBS said in a note.

Polish scientists have urged lawmakers to hold an urgent parliamentary debate on the climate crisis and accelerate both emissions reductions and adaptation measures.

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