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RUSSIA: Putin Scheduled to Give Remarks at BRICS Forum

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  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 troops to help Russia’s war on Ukraine, Bloomberg report, in a sign of deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. “We know about 10,000 soldiers of North Korea, that they are preparing to send to fight against us,” Zelenskiy told reporters in Brussels on Thursday.
  • President Vladimir Putin is expected to speak at BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, while Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends consultations on the Southern Caucasus in Istanbul.
  • There is little else in the way of notable domestic news flow today, with no major data releases scheduled either. The CBR rate decision takes focus at the end of next week.
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  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said North Korea is preparing to send 10,000 troops to help Russia’s war on Ukraine, Bloomberg report, in a sign of deepening military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang. “We know about 10,000 soldiers of North Korea, that they are preparing to send to fight against us,” Zelenskiy told reporters in Brussels on Thursday.
  • President Vladimir Putin is expected to speak at BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, while Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends consultations on the Southern Caucasus in Istanbul.
  • There is little else in the way of notable domestic news flow today, with no major data releases scheduled either. The CBR rate decision takes focus at the end of next week.