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From the very outset of Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, commentators said Transnistria, home to 350,000 people and the site of a depot housing 20,000 tonnes of munitions, could well serve as a theatre for opening “a second front” in Russia’s onslaught.

Guterres acknowledged the failure of U.N. institutions, primarily the Security Council, to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the port – earlier this week he said he had secured a commitment from Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to allow the U.N. to oversee an evacuation.

International Bank of Azerbaijan reported a net profit of 139,592 million manats ($82 million) in 2021, 22 percent down from a year earlier.

Last year, SOCAR said it planned to transport 1.209 million tonnes of oil via Russia in 2022.