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‘Goofy’: declassified 1994 files show how world powers doubted North Korea’s Kim Jong-il

Newly released files show experts from the US and Russia were sceptical he could hold onto power in the wake of his father’s sudden death.

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Russian companies losing interest in foreign currency – central bank

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