The Chinese government has confirmed the dismissal of Defense Minister Li Shangfu, following weeks of speculation about the official’s whereabouts, due to his lengthy absence from the public spotlight.

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Helsinki had confiscated a cultural center and apartments of diplomats in connection to EU sanctions Russian state property in Helsinki which had been temporarily seized by local authorities has been released, the head of the Finnish Bailiff Department, Aki Virtanen, has told the media. Finnish authorities last week ‘impounded’ a Russian cultural center and diplomatic apartments, in a…