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With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.
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Russia has recorded its first rise in unemployment since February, climbing from a record low of 2.1% to 2.2% in September. Super-low unemployment, which Vladimir Putin loves to hail as an example of Russia’s economic success, is a sign of the on-going overheating in the labor market. Russia has long faced a labor shortage. The underlying reason — demographics — has not changed for years. The population is aging, birth rates are not growing. Even putting the pension age up five years has not solved the problem. For many years, the government satisfied labor needs via migrants from Central Asia, and,…
US President Donald Trump is boycotting the summit but South African leaders say the meeting will go ahead. Source link
A new Russia-linked television station is set to launch its operations in Kyrgyzstan. There are fears that Russia could use the new media outlet as a tool for spreading its propaganda in Central Asia. Source link