Russian attacked, robbed

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PUBLISHED: 7 Jan 2025 at 04: 00

The victim in the Phuket hotel room where he said he was attacked and robbed on Sunday night. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)
The target claims he was robbed and attacked on Sunday night in the Phuket motel room. ( Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran )

PHUKET: A Russian man has told police he was attacked and robbed of US$ 700 ( 24, 237 baht ) in cash by another man speaking Russian in his hotel room on Sunday night.

The victim, whose details were kept secret, reported to officers yesterday that he was sleeping in a motel in tambon Karon’s Muang neighborhood when someone knocked on the door about 8pm.

According to Karon place key Pol Col Khundet Na Nongkhai, he claimed that when he answered the door, a Russian-speaking stranger forced his way into the room and repeatedly punched him in the face.

The target claimed that because of recent chest operation, he fell to the floor and was unable to fight back.

The attacker taped the victim’s teeth, bound him with a wire cable, and therefore put him on the phone to another Russian person.

The target claimed to have recognized the voice of a Russian man who he had a problem with while running a crypto business there.

The victim claimed to be under suicide threat if he didn’t return the Russian’s big cryptocurrency on the phone.

The target said he did not give up his camera’s password, so the intruder failed to get his bitcoin accounts.

The attacker then stole all his money, about$ 700 in full.

The target claimed to police that the assailant had tied him to the toilet door and struck him with a sharp object, rendering him unconscious.

When he awoke hours afterwards, he was alone in the area.

Police discovered that the believe was a big man wearing a sweater and a mask after reviewing the hotel security footage.

The research is continuing.

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EEC targets B100bn in investments

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PUBLISHED: 7 Jan 2025 at 04: 00

The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) is a special economic zone of Chachoengsao, Chon Buri and Rayong provinces. (File photo)
The Eastern Economic Corridor ( EEC ) is a special economic zone of Chachoengsao, Chon Buri and Rayong provinces. ( File photo )

The Eastern Economic Corridor ( EEC ) is setting its sights firmly on attracting at least 100 billion baht worth of investments in 2025, says Chula Sukmanop, secretary-general of the EEC Office.

He claims that the EEC intends to allocate the funds for the entire fiscal year, noting that potential businesses may make the majority of the investments.

According to Mr. Chula, businesses that are given privileges are certain to produce the opportunities. He claims that the EEC did inspire the businesses to make significant investments in exchange for better privileges.

The EEC assets are anticipated to boost the growth of the local market and promote the growth of the country’s gross domestic product.

Mr. Chula stated,” We may work hard to reach the goal of drawing in 100 billion ringgit before the year is over.”

He did point out that companies who decided to invest in the EEC might not always have the same strategy. They will likely engage in tranches, he adds. According to him, the EEC’s task is to encourage real purchase spending that is above 100 billion baht this year so that it can drive GDP.

He added that the EEC was working to meet legal requirements by opening a one-stop support center to assist customers in the system.

The heart is expected to reduce inter-agency contacts, which are needed in seeking authorization for proposed investments, to one, support funding applications, work force applications, company registration, and the opening of accounts for transactions.

Importantly governing EEC-related laws, such as those governing factory starting permits, may be changed in order for the center to begin operating.

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Bang Khunthian district macaques targeted for snip

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PUBLISHED: 7 Jan 2025 at 04: 00

Up to 100 lemurs may be neutered this quarter as part of an ongoing effort to reduce their numbers, according to city manager Passara Natheethong, who was quoted as saying yesterday.

122 chimps were treated throughout 2024 for the entire process.

The Khun Kala statue, the Thian Thalay area, and the Ua Samae Dam Arthorn cover house are all estimated to have around 330 lemurs then roam completely in three locations.

The house has the highest range, 136, according to Ms Passara.

After nearby communities were questioned what steps they believed would allow people and the lemurs to coexist calmly, representatives from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation were asked what steps they thought do work.

In three stages, fresh population control measures and laws are being introduced. Control of population is in the center stage.

The city has designated feeding areas to keep the animals from wandering and stealing food from passing by and people in the near future.

In these places, people and business sellers are supplying leftover fruit and vegetables.

The district manager promised to pay monetary compensation to victims of marsupial attacks, according to the district manager.

In the medium phrase, the sterilisation will remain, and the male macaques may be registered.

Ms. Passara claimed that the city intends to relocate the macaques to a 12-rai unoccupied story that City Hall purchased in 2007 and is now turning into a macaque conservation center in the long run.

However, the task requires wealth and manpower.

Additionally, a public hearing will need to be held to hear from the neighborhood people.

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Indian miners trapped inside flooded coal mine

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Ukraine closure of Gazprom Europe pipeline hurts Russia war effort – Asia Times

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Kyiv has suddenly turned off Russia’s fuel source to Europe, ending a source of income that helped pay for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. The decades-old agreement, which made it possible for Gazprom’s natural gas to travel through Ukraine through Ukraine, expired on December 31 at midnight, thereby ending Russia’s final key fuel corridor.

The movement is mainly symbolic because Russia’s dependence on it has already drastically decreased since the invasion of Europe in February 2022. However, it doesn’t negate the significance of the selection or suggest that there won’t be any repercussions for the remaining Gazprom consumers in Europe.

Russia will continue to supply some oil via the Turkstream network across the Black Sea, primarily to Serbia and Hungary. In addition to the closing of the Yamal-Europe network through Belarus and the cancellation of Nordstream 2 in 2022, Gazprom has suffered another significant blow as a result of the loss of transit contacts through Ukraine.

Gazprom reported its first running damage in a year, reporting its first loss since 1999, and is now expected to lose another €5 to €6 billion. This will also help the business decrease its tax contributions to the Soviet budget.

Russia only recently provided around 41 % of the EU’s energy needs. It currently simply offers about 8 %.

It has found new users in Asia, primarily for fuel. Major portions of its oil infrastructure are currently inactive. And while it is fighting Ukraine, its gas export markets are being redirected to Asia, which is too slowly and expensive to maintain.

The EU has demonstrated a surprising ability to muster the political will and political will to bear the consequences after quickly kicking off Russian gas by finding new suppliers, especially of liquified natural gas ( LNG ) in the US and Norway.

Gas storage tank across Europe are now more than 90 % complete, and the EU has even increased its strength endurance. Charges have also fallen far below their 2022 inflationary peaks. There is no denying that Brussels will be able to control the consequences of Ukraine’s oil supply interruption.

This is also made easier by the fact that only three states, until late, still depended on Russian supplies.

Austria stopped receiving fuel in November after a legal debate with Gazprom, but the country had plans in place that were quickly and effectively implemented to reduce disturbance.

Hungary can make up for its shortfalls by supplying its goods mainly via the Turkstream pipeline. Additionally, it may purchase more LNG from Croatia, where the EU constructed a sizable new switch to practice goods, generally from the US.

For Slovakia, also, the vitality risks are minimal. The nation has available options for the supply of electricity and gas because it is well integrated into the EU energy system.

Russia's European gas network, 2014.
When it all worked: Russia’s gas pipes into Europe in 2014. Map: East European Gas Analysis

In any case, just about one-third of the roughly 12 billion cubic meters of Russian oil are used for private use. The remaining portion was profitably sold within the EU. The government’s Russia-friendly perfect minister, Robert Fico, tried hard to get the travel package renewed. False allegations of an energy crisis in Europe, risks to condemn Ukraine for breaking the transit agreement, and a trip to Moscow in December, which is unusual for an EU head of government, were included. But all to no cost.

Crisis in Moldova

Even worse, the days of Putin being able to quickly sabotage energy resources against EU people are now over with the end of the gas transits through Ukraine. However, the close of Russian gas transits through Ukraine is not without victims.

Moldova has been seriously affected. And in government-controlled areas of the country, a 60-day strength state of emergency introduced in December has imposed major restrictions on domestic use.

Moldova’s state seems convinced that the country you survive the winter. However, its lack of preparedness for the crisis, which was already evident since Ukraine announced in the summer of 2023 that it would not renew its travel agreement with Russia, led to the departure of its energy secretary and principal state power company head in November.

This does not reflect well on the pro-European state, which will have parliamentary elections in 2025. It is still recovering from a greatly contentious referendum on a possible future EU membership and national elections in October 2024, both of which were hampered by large Russian voter-buying and propaganda campaigns.

The far more perilous position in the rebel area of Transnistria may be an even bigger issue. Around 300,000 people there were entirely dependent on Ukrainian oil that was delivered through Ukraine.

They have no heat or warm fluids as of January 1. Although the state’s primary power plant has switched from gas to coal, petroleum has only been available for about 50 times.

The population’s only bare necessities are those that are domestic, and Transnistria’s financial model was fully based on the availability of effectively free Russian gas. With this now being unavailable, there is a chance that an economical and humanitarian crises will quickly spiral out of control.

This, in turn, poses significant social and security threats for Moldova. Moldova is already buckling under its own financial and energy crises, but it has little choice in helping Transnistria or handling the large number of migrants.

Although this may provide an ideal opportunity to reshape the situation, Moldova may take an enormous risk in doing so. Following a quick, violent discord in the early 1990s, Russian forces were stationed there as “peacekeepers” and guarded an outdated Russian munitions backup facility. Its population has been largely influenced by separatist and Russian propaganda for more than three decades, which had scarcely help the pro-European ballot.

None of this implies that Moldova may experience violent trauma or that Russia will somehow be able to influence the situation so that Ukraine’s back had become a target for a minute front. With its last major piece of the power battle with Europe now over, Russia is the biggest loser in the long run as a result of the ending of gasoline transits through Ukraine.

The University of Birmingham’s Stefan Wolff is an assistant teacher of global security.

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