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Kyrgyzstan Is Russia’s Trading Loophole
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Kyrgyzstan Is Russia’s Trading Loophole

🇺🇦 UkraineSep 15, 2026 09:00SRC: NY TIMES WORLDBY: Paul Sonne, Leila Medina, Thomas Vollkommer, Joey Sendaydiego and Sergey Ponomarev

Intelligence summary

Kyrgyzstan has turned into a crucial middleman for Russia to import goods from China since the start of the Ukraine war. Paul Sonne, our Moscow bureau chief, traveled to Kyrgyzstan to see its skyrocketing economic growth.

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