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France, Ukraine
Paris pays the price for Kyiv's ruthlessness towards Arsen Avakov

The French government will struggle to resurrect its hopes for military-industrial business opportunities in Kyiv with Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, determined to reduce the influence of the networks of former Interior minister Arsen Avakov, who was Paris's key liaison in the country. [...]

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