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    Spotlight | Turkey, Ukraine, United States
    Competition brews between Turkish and US drones in Ukraine

    AeroVironment's Switchblade kamikaze drone provided by the US to Ukraine to help the country fight off Russia's invasion.
    AeroVironment's Switchblade kamikaze drone provided by the US to Ukraine to help the country fight off Russia's invasion. © ABACA via Reuters Connect

    Recent US drone deliveries have driven Ukraine to give them a complementary role alongside Turkish drones, which up to now had played the starring role in the conflict. Ukraine, now a laboratory for new defence technology, has thus become a scene of defence rivalry between Turkey and the United States.

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    Russia
    Igor Sechin's sanction-free protégé Roman Trotsenko digs Arctic corridor

    Head of AEON Corporation Roman Trotsenko attends the Congress of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) in Moscow, Russia, 14 March 2019.
    Head of AEON Corporation Roman Trotsenko attends the Congress of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) in Moscow, Russia, 14 March 2019. © Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

    The government's accelerated funding for the Northern Transit Corridor is attracting major energy players to the project, including Roman Trotsenko, a long-time associate of the powerful Rosneft boss and honorary consul of Luxembourg, Igor Sechin.

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    China, North Korea
    Beijing tries to win Pyongyang's trust by helping rebuild Punggye-ri nuclear test site

    A North Korean soldier stands guard outside the entrance to one of the dismantled tunnels at the Punggye-ri site on May 24, 2018.
    A North Korean soldier stands guard outside the entrance to one of the dismantled tunnels at the Punggye-ri site on May 24, 2018. © News 1 Korea/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

    Xi Jinping is trying to convince his North Korean counterpart that the CCP is not looking for an alternative to his leadership. The Chinese leader, while remaining formally opposed to Kim Jong-un's nuclear policy, is offering him support at a strategic and symbolic site.

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