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    Spotlight | China, France
    NUAA rekindling ties in Europe eight years after Xu Yanjun affair

    Students from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China.
    Students from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China.© Ji Chunpeng/Xinhua via AFP

    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is once again finding partners in Europe, including with Dassault Systèmes and Birkbeck, eight years after the arrest in Brussels of a Chinese agent who had spied on General Electric and Safran using the institution as a cover.

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    Cyprus, Russia, UAE
    Cross-border fraud case throws light on Moscow's global sanctions avoidance industry

    Former Russian transport minister and Putin adviser Igor Levitin, who is under sanctions as is his brother Leonid Levitin, the former owner of Quortia Ltd.
    Former Russian transport minister and Putin adviser Igor Levitin, who is under sanctions as is his brother Leonid Levitin, the former owner of Quortia Ltd.© Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images via Reuters Connect

    In an ongoing legal fight in Cyprus, Russian-held Quortia Ltd is suing its former financial partner for fraud and extortion. But earlier this year a Dubai judge said the company, owned by the sister-in-law of Putin adviser Igor Levitin, had itself engaged in activity bearing "the hallmarks of money laundering".

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    France, United States
    French army's strategic dependence on a US firm laid bare at national parade

    Griffon armoured vehicles at the Bastille military parade in Paris to celebrate France's national holiday on 14 July 2026.
    Griffon armoured vehicles at the Bastille military parade in Paris to celebrate France's national holiday on 14 July 2026.© Ludovic Marin/AFP

    A US operator supplies the French armed forces with the antennas used to connect the general staff to Eutelsat's telecommunications satellites and forces deployed on the ground. Some view this state of affairs as an embarrassing threat to the principle of sovereignty.

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