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  "tags": [
    "Russia",
    "Smuggling",
    "Sanctions",
    "Tunisia",
    "Arab spring",
    "Democracy",
    "Argentina",
    "Javier milei",
    "Labor",
    "Diamond industry",
    "Commodity market",
    "Russian oil",
    "_smuggled crude oil exports_",
    "_sentenced_",
    "_slipping_",
    "_number_",
    "_campaign pledges_.",
    "_devalued_",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\n**$90 billion:** The amount of revenue that Russia has reportedly made from _smuggled crude oil exports_, after 48 companies worked together to help disguise the origin of the oil and circumvent sanctions that have been imposed since the full-scale war on Ukraine began. The total is likely much more. Details of the scheme were revealed due to an IT blunder. Three EU officials told the __Financial Times__ the findings could be grounds for further Russian oil sanctions.\n\n* * *\n\n**8:** The number of months to which Tunisian lawmaker **Ahmed Saidani** was _sentenced_ in prison on Thursday, after he was found guilty of mocking President **Kais Saied** on social media. The move marks another blow to Tunisia’s democracy: the North African country had emerged from the Arab Spring as the only one with a democratic system, but that appears to be _slipping_ away.\n\n**135:** The _number_ of votes that a labor reform bill gained in Argentina’s lower house today, enough for it to pass the 257-seat chamber and return to the Senate for a final vote. The expansive bill, which aims to boost the country’s sagging employment numbers by reducing regulations for employers, was one of President **Javier Milei** ’s top _campaign pledges_.\n\n**50%:** The amount that Anglo American has _devalued_ its diamond business De Beers, in what is the latest blow for the struggling diamond giant. The London-listed miner now values De Beers at $2.3 billion after accepting an impairment charge of the same amount. __For more about the struggling diamond sector, read GZERO’s__ ___report___ __from last year.__",
  "title": "Hard Numbers: Russia reportedly smuggles its oil in droves, Tunisia slips further away from democracy, Argentina’s labor reform bill clears another hurdle, Rough day for diamond giant"
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