A journalist was detained while crossing the border in #Kosovo
Daria Aslamova, a correspondent for the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, was accused of involvement in espionage. Now no one contact her and nothing is known about her whereabouts. /1
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the self-proclaimed Kosovo, Celal Shvetsla, announced the detention on a social network. Several photos are attached to the post, where a woman is next to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as well as Syrian President../2
..Bashar al-Assad.
The editors of the KP clarifies that Aslamova was in #Serbia on assignment. She was supposed to prepare a special report in connection with the aggravation of the Serbian-Kosovo conflict.
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Bank CenterCredit summed up the results of the first half of 2022
In the first half of 2022, the bank's own assets amounted to 3.1 trillion tenge and increased by 50% compared to last year. /1
The bank's net profit for 6 months of 2022 increased by 14 times compared to the same period last year. The customer base of legal entities and sole proprietors increased by 20% by the beginning of the year. Today, CenterCredit Bank ranks 3rd in terms of assets in Kazakhstan.
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In July, the International Agency S&P Global Ratings upgraded the credit ratings of Bank CenterCredit JSC from "B/A" to "B+/B" due to the improvement of the business position and an increase in the capital stock. The forecast Is "Stable". /3
The special services of Kosovo released the Russian journalist
According to the special correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda, she was interrogated for several hours and there were even offers to exchange or hand her over to the Americans.
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"I only found out by morning that the Kosovo police said they had arrested a Russian spy and all social networks in Kosovo exploded with hysteria and glee. That I should be exchanged, or handed over to the Americans so that the Americans would trade me, or I should be sent../2
..to Ukraine," the KP quotes Daria Aslamova's story.
The woman clarified that she was released and went to the border.
The Russian Embassy in Belgrade has already stated that the detention of a journalist is another provocation of unrecognized Kosovo, an../3
The day before, the #US authorities announced that they had eliminated Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in #Afghanistan with the help of a drone. But a number of Pakistani and Indian media have written details./1
In particular, the Dawn edition clarifies that the drone flew from the territory of the Gansi airbase located at the Manas airport in #Kyrgyzstan.
But the Kyrgyz Embassy immediately denied these rumors. /2
According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the American Gansi airbase, opened in 2001 on the territory of Manas International Airport in connection with military operations in Afghanistan, closed in 2014. /3
The National Atomic Company of #Ukraine "Energoatom" today announced the shutdown of one of the three operating power units of the Zaporozhye NPP. This is the largest station in Europe. /1
"As of 08:00 on September 6, 2022, the Zaporozhye NPP operates with the risk of violating the radiation and fire safety standards. The double shelling of the ZNPP by Russian troops during the day, August 5, entailed a serious risk. /2
As a result of the attack, emergency protection is triggered at one of the power units, departments of one of the three operating power units. /3
The Eurasian Economic Commission estimated that agricultural production in the EAEU increased by 1.6% in the first half of 2022. Kazakhstan took the third place out of five possible in this area.
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"In January – June 2022, agricultural production in the Eurasian Economic Union in farms of all categories increased by 1.6% compared to January – June 2021 and amounted to 39 billion US dollars. /2
Growth was observed in Russia – by 2.2%, Kyrgyzstan – by 2% and in Kazakhstan – by 1.4%," the report says.
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❗️LONG THREAD❗️
What if there's a war tomorrow? How the defense industry of Kazakhstan lives. Part I
There are two types of defense industry enterprises in Kazakhstan. Due to the specifics of each company, they do not advertise themselves particularly.
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The first type includes those organizations and factories that #Kazakhstan has inherited from #USSR. This is the production of torpedoes, large-caliber machine guns, components and components for aviation equipment, as well as breathing apparatus for military aviation. /2