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		<title>Botswana willing to partner with Russia on diamonds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>6 January 2026 Botswana is ready to collaborate with Russia in the diamond sector to strengthen its economy, media reports&hellip;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>6 January 2026 Botswana is ready to collaborate with Russia in the diamond sector to strengthen its economy, media reports&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Botswana to open embassy in Moscow, open up to Russia in rare earths and diamonds, minister says</title>
		<link>https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-to-open-embassy-in-moscow-open-up-to-russia-in-rare-earths-and-diamonds-minister-says/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bamselle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[BW Government]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/botswana-embassy-london.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/botswana-embassy-london.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/botswana-embassy-london-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/botswana-embassy-london-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>4 January 2025 Botswana plans to open an embassy in Moscow soon and has invited Russian investors to cooperate on&hellip;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/botswana-embassy-london.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/botswana-embassy-london.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/botswana-embassy-london-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/botswana-embassy-london-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>4 January 2025 Botswana plans to open an embassy in Moscow soon and has invited Russian investors to cooperate on&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>A Rough Overhaul: Russia, Botswana and Excess Supply</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bamselle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mining]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[De Beers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yb-rough-diamonds-x4.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yb-rough-diamonds-x4.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yb-rough-diamonds-x4-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yb-rough-diamonds-x4-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>12 July 2023 Newly published Kimberley Process numbers give fresh insights into current market developments. Too many rough diamonds were&hellip;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yb-rough-diamonds-x4.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yb-rough-diamonds-x4.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yb-rough-diamonds-x4-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/yb-rough-diamonds-x4-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>12 July 2023 Newly published Kimberley Process numbers give fresh insights into current market developments. Too many rough diamonds were&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Diamond sales fuel Botswana budget surplus as buyers shun Russia </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bamselle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 19:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>Surplus of 0.55% of GDP recorded in six months through Sept. Botswana is second biggest diamond producer in the world&hellip;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/putin-diamonds-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>Surplus of 0.55% of GDP recorded in six months through Sept. Botswana is second biggest diamond producer in the world&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Top producer Russia thwarts move to redefine &#8216;conflict diamonds&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://yourbotswana.com/top-producer-russia-thwarts-move-to-redefine-conflict-diamonds/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bamselle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2022 15:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yb-russian-invasion.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yb-russian-invasion.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yb-russian-invasion-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yb-russian-invasion-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>JOHANNESBURG, June 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Russia, supported by Belarus, Central African Republic, Kyrgyzstan and Mali, has torpedoed a Western-backed proposal&hellip;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yb-russian-invasion.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yb-russian-invasion.jpg 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yb-russian-invasion-300x180.jpg 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yb-russian-invasion-470x282.jpg 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>JOHANNESBURG, June 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Russia, supported by Belarus, Central African Republic, Kyrgyzstan and Mali, has torpedoed a Western-backed proposal&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Botswana’s Kimberly Process  dream deferred</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bamselle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Botswana and Russia go visa-free on October 8</title>
		<link>https://yourbotswana.com/botswana-and-russia-go-visa-free-on-october-8/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bamselle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 09:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption.png 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption-300x180.png 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption-470x282.png 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>An intergovernmental visa waiver agreement between Russia and Botswana, signed by foreign ministers Sergey Lavrov and Unity Dow on the&hellip;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption.png 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption-300x180.png 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption-470x282.png 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>An intergovernmental visa waiver agreement between Russia and Botswana, signed by foreign ministers Sergey Lavrov and Unity Dow on the&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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		<title>Botswana, Russia eyeing pact on visa exemptions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bamselle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption.png 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption-300x180.png 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption-470x282.png 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>Botswana and Russia are due to sign an agreement that will see the mutual exemption of visa requirements for citizens&hellip;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="638" height="383" src="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption.png 638w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption-300x180.png 300w, https://yourbotswana.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/yb-bw-rus-visa-exemption-470x282.png 470w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px" /></p>Botswana and Russia are due to sign an agreement that will see the mutual exemption of visa requirements for citizens&hellip;]]></content:encoded>
					
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