Has Kazakhstan's Tokayev settled on a successor?
Leader of seven years has brought back the position of vice-president and appointed longtime aide Yerlan Karin to it.
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Build it, prove it, sell it: inside Uzbekistan's state-led fintech experiment
Uzbekistan's central bank writes the fintech rules, supervises the market, runs an incubator and has created a $50mn fund to invest in the sector. Inside the most interventionist fintech strategy anywhere.
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Drone that hit Ukraine's SBU headquarters was guided from inside Ukraine, adviser says
The drone that struck the headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine in central Kyiv on September 4 was guided from inside the country, a presidential adviser believes.
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Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau says a scam call centre ring ran from the prosecutor's office
Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies have moved against a criminal organisation they say is headed by an official of the Prosecutor General's Office and protects a network of scam call centres.
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Nigeria clears $1.6bn Dangote Refinery IPO, testing investor appetite at $47bn valuation
The refinery IPO is a major test of whether Nigeria’s domestic capital market can absorb a record-sized listing as investors weigh Dangote’s expansion plans against crude-supply and margin risks.
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Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s SBU headquarters days after security agencies clash in Kyiv
A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU domestic security service in the heart of Kyiv on Friday, targeting the office of its acting chief and injuring at least 12 people, according to Ukrainian officials.
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Russian general accused over Kyiv children's hospital strike shot in Saratov
A Russian general charged by Kyiv over the 2024 missile strike on Ukraine's main children's hospital has been shot and badly wounded in the Saratov region.
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Putin holds out a Ukraine deal while Russia braces for a longer war
President Vladimir Putin says there is still a chance of a peace deal with Ukraine, and that contacts between the two countries are continuing, mainly through their security services.
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