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Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 768

Russia will begin a conscription drive next week calling up tens of thousands soldiers to replenish its reserves.

Lawmakers submitted an alternative draft law on restarting the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) in line with international recommendations. On Feb. 12, Yaroslav Zhelezniak, first deputy head of the Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, and other lawmakers submitted draft law №10439-2 on restarting the ESBU. The alternative draft law №10439-2 was developed in cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), International Development Law Organization (IDLO), business associations and international partners of Ukraine.

The Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy will submit a revised alternative draft laws on the Bureau of Economic Security reform. The Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy on Feb. 12 submitted the draft law on restarting the Bureau of Economic Security which is an alternative to the Cabinet of Ministers’ draft law #10439. The Committee’s draft law is based on the text of the draft law #10088-1 which was supported by key Ukrainian business associations, experts and anti-corruption NGOs.

South Africa’s just energy transition programme has received a major boost following the approval of a $1bn (about R19bn) loan guarantee facility by the African Development Bank in collaboration with the UK’s foreign, commonwealth & development office.