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Poisoned Kremlin Critic on Road to Recovery

Russia’s foremost opposition figure has posted a jocular message online boasting of his gathering recovery after he was poisoned with a state-developed nerve agent last month.

Switzerland to Return to Uzbekistan $131m From Karimova Accounts

The Swiss and Uzbek governments established terms for the return of US$131 million in assets confiscated from the daughter of the former Uzbek President Islam Karimov. Gulnara Karimova had stashed some of her ill-gotten money in Switzerland, relying on the prominent financial secrecy jurisdiction to hide a portion of her offshore fortune.