Botswana
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Botswana is highlighted as a significant diamond producer, ranking second globally in diamond output with 15.5 million carats mined in 2024. The country has also become a target for Russian pharmaceutical expansion, where the company 'Petrovax Farm' obtained registration for its drug 'Polyoxidonium' based on compliance with European GMP standards via Slovakia. Botswana is noted as an exception to the 'resource curse' phenomenon and is mentioned in relation to trade protocols involving diamond exports and international regulatory alignment.
Events
Recent coverage
- Kenya, Botswana and other African countries try to return their citizens who fell into Ukrainian captivity after recruitment in Russia — DW Главное
- Kenya and Botswana seek return of citizens who fought on Russia's side and ended up in Ukrainian captivity — Bloomb… — ЭХО / Новости
- Bloomberg: African countries demand Ukraine return its citizens from captivity — Вечерняя Москва
- Kenya and Botswana demand Ukraine return their citizens from captivity — Москва 24
- M.V. Zakharova: — МИД России
- «Petrovax Pharm» launches oncology drug «Areyma» on foreign markets — Коммерсантъ
- Zimbabwean tried to smuggle foreign genitalia across Botswana border in a bag — Вести
- Voting continues at polling station No. 8055 in the Cultural Center of the Russian Embassy in Botswana... — МИД России
- Megan Markle appeared in public without an engagement ring — Вечерняя Москва
- Russian 'Polyoxidonium' to be supplied to Botswana — Коммерсантъ