EU Takes Aim At More Central Asian Firms For Aiding Russian War Effort In Ukraine globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The European Union is preparing to sanction additional Central Asian companies for their involvement in supporting Russia s military actions in Ukraine.
A draft of the European Union’s latest sanctions package targeting companies aiding Russia’s war in Ukraine has added three Central Asian-based firms two Kazakh and one Uzbek but no new Chinese companies.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called on Kazakh authorities to thoroughly investigate the violent dispersal of mass anti-government protests in January 2022 that left at least 238 people dead, including 19 law enforcement officers.