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Iran openly talks about making nuclear bombs; prison authorities deny inmates proper medical care; and another convict has his fingers amputated.

How Moscow is talking about Pelosi’s Taiwan trip; the BRI adapts to a debt crisis; Hungary’s warming views of China; and Georgia’s Eurasian outreach.

Fudan University's Christoph Nedopil Wang explains his latest research on the Belt and Road Initiative adapting to growing economic risk and why Chinese investment is falling in Russia and Pakistan. 

The governor of the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine has announced that Navy Day celebrations have been canceled following a drone attack on the headquarters of the Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.

A spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that there is a high chance that the first grain-exporting ship will leave Ukraine on August 1.

Russia's Defense Ministry has invited the United Nations and the International Red Cross to investigate the prison site where dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were killed this week in an attack in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree approving an updated maritime doctrine that outlines the country's coastal borders and lists NATO and the United States as Russia's main threats.

The relatives of Ukrainian POWs being held at the Olenivka prison complex in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine -- which was struck by a mysterious explosion on July 29 that killed dozens -- are campaigning to make sure the world does not forget their loved ones.

Well-known post-Soviet reformer Anatoly Chubais, who left Russia following the Kremlin invasion of Ukraine, is reported to be in intensive care in a European hospital.

Activists say a massive social media campaign aims to frighten Russians into abandoning the use of VPNs, which allow users to view websites that are blocked in Russia. Influencers and regional officials have made near-identical posts as the number of blocked websites in Russia has skyrocketed.