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Russia/Ukraine – Declared Russian Troops Pull Out: Did the Kremlin Achieve What It Wanted? (The Jamestown Foundation)

Ihor Kabanenko Russia’s long-serving minister of defense, Sergei Shoigu, announced last week (April 22) that the Russian forces massed around Ukraine’s eastern and southern borders...

Russia/Ukraine/Black Sea – Moscow Pulls Back Land Forces From Ukrainian Border but Not Its Navy in Black Sea (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble Many observers are treating Russia’s pullback of land forces from the Ukrainian border as the end of the crisis—even some of those experts...

Azerbaijan – International Involvement in Infrastructure Projects in Azerbaijan’s Newly Regained Territories (The Jamestown Foundation)

Shabnam Hasanova Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced earlier this year that a number of large infrastructure projects had been launched in the territories liberated from...

Belarus – Minsk Is Trying to Unfreeze Relations With West, Ukraine (The Jamestown Foundation)

 Grigory Ioffe Aside from the April 22 Russia-Belarus summit, which did not turn out to be groundbreaking, three other stories have dominated news headlines pertaining...

Russia – Amidst Seemingly Easing Tensions, Putin Leaves Much Unsaid in Speech to Parliament (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel K. Baev President Vladimir Putin’s annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly (parliament), delivered last Wednesday, April 21, following a long delay, was anticipated...

France’s SOS Accessoire raises $12M to help people repair their home appliances themselves (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher SOS Accessoire, a French startup that helps people diagnose and repair their home appliances, has raised €10M/$12M in a funding round led by...

Ivorian startup Afrikrea partners with DHL and Visa to launch SaaS e-commerce platform ANKA (TechCrunch)

Tage Kene-Okafor In 2016, Ivorian e-commerce startup Afrikrea started as a marketplace for African-based and inspired clothing, accessories, arts, and crafts. Over the past five years, Afrikrea has...

Greece’s Viva Wallet raises $80M for its neo-bank targeting small business merchants (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden Challenger banks continue to make significant waves in the world of finance, with smaller outfits luring customers away from incumbents by providing an...

Barkyn, a wellness startups for pets in Southern Europe, hits an $9.6M Series A round (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher Barkyn, a European subscription service for pets that combines food with tele-vet services, has raised a further €3 milion ($3.6M) from FoodTech investor Five...

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