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What did two July 2023 incidents reveal?
Summary
A look back at two reports from mid-July 2023, one from Transnistria and one concerning Russia and North Korea.
What was in the news on 19 July 2023 beyond the front lines in Ukraine? Two reports from the days before that date stood out in the wider region.
On 16 July 2023, Oleg Khorzhan, a Transnistrian communist and opposition leader, was assassinated in a stabbing attack in his office.
On 15 July 2023, Russia announced that it would investigate whether the North Korean Hwasong-18 missile had landed in its exclusive economic zone. The announcement placed North Korea–Russia relations in the spotlight.
The two events were unconnected, and nothing in the reports of the time linked them. Together they showed how events in Transnistria and in Russia's dealings with North Korea drew attention across the region in the middle of July 2023.
