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The Illicit flow of Technology to Russia goes through this Hong Kong address

The Illicit flow of Technology to Russia goes through this Hong Kong address

Mickey Vernon

From a nondescript seventh-floor office at 135 Bonham Strand near Hong Kong’s financial district, at least four companies are operating ...

China’s economic forays in Central Asia gives rise to discomfiture in Moscow

China’s economic forays in Central Asia gives rise to discomfiture in Moscow

Mickey Vernon

China’s economic forays into resource rich Central Asia, a region which shares deep historical, political and economic ties with Moscow, ...

How Western sanctions are strangling Vladimir Putin’s Arctic gas ambitions

How Western sanctions are strangling Vladimir Putin’s Arctic gas ambitions

Mickey Vernon

Russia’s fortress economy has proved remarkably resilient to an onslaught of Western sanctions. Two years after the Kremlin’s invasion of ...