World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – June 13-19, 2022

Following comments by Vladimir Putin praising Tsar Peter the Great, THIS Baltic country removed their Russian ambassador from Moscow. Peter the Great once captured Narva, the third largest city of THIS NATO country after Tallinn and Tartu.

Estonia

Finland

Bulgaria

Moldova

Amnesty International has alleged that Russia killed hundreds of civilians in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv using "indiscriminate shelling" and THESE widely-banned weapons.

Cluster munitions

Semi-automatic weapons

Intercontinental ballistic missiles

Cyber warfare

The UK has indicated it plans to propose overriding rules that govern post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, a move likely to inflame tensions with the EU. The current rules provide for THIS.

The whole of the United Kingdom maintains an open market with the Republic of Ireland

Customs checkpoints exist between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland but only commercial vehicles are subject to checks

Northern Ireland remains in the EU's open market, while customs checks exist between the rest of the UK and the island of Ireland

Northern Ireland administers its own customs checkpoints with both the rest of the UK and the Republic of Ireland

Western officials condemned the Russian backed Donetsk region of Ukraine for THIS result of what it labeled a “show trial.”

Sentencing two Britons and a Moroccan to the death penalty for being “mercenaries.”

Convicting doctors from a hospital in Mariupol of adding terrorists.

Arresting a British diplomat on charges of espionage in Crimea.

Sentencing a Ukrainian businessman to life in prison for selling food to Ukrainian fighters in the Donbas region.

On the last day of the Summit of Americas, President Biden and the leaders of 19 other countries signed the so-called "Los Angeles Declaration," a pact to do THIS.

Increase funding for anti-narcotics law enforcement initiatives

Expand legal pathways for migrants and refugees

Lower carbon emissions by 2035

Strengthen criminal penalties for illegal deforestation

THIS disputed territory is the subject of the recent diplomatic fissure between Spain and Algeria. After leaders in Madrid sided with Morocco on the status of THIS territory, Algeria announced it was suspending its decades-long cooperation treaty with Spain.

Gibraltar

Catania

Andorra

Western Sahara

In 1990 THIS American fast-food chain opened in Moscow but shut down operations after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Last week its stores were taken over by a new chain, "Vkusno & Tochka," which translates to "Tasty and that's it."

Burger King

Kentucky Fried Chicken

Taco Bell

McDonald's

THIS Venezuelan President announced a 20-year cooperation plan between his nation and Iran. Both sanctioned by the United States, Venezuela and Iran have expanded cooperation, particularly related to energy projects, since 2020.

Jose "Pepe" Mujica

Raul Castro

Jair Bolsonaro

Nicolas Maduro

The Chinese government has announced a "ferocious" outbreak of 166 Covid infections linked to a single bar in Beijing. While the number of infections in China's capital city is low compared to global rates, it is high for China, the only major economy still maintaining THIS policy.

Restriction and Isolation

Targeted Lockdowns

Zero Covid

Public Health

The opening of THIS $340+ million project between Russia and China is hoped to boost trade between the two nations, while signaling the countries' growing economic and cultural ties. It also comes as Moscow is reeling from the impact of Western sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine.

A joint defense production facility

A cross-border bridge in the countries' far eastern regions

A joint infrastructure development in Mongolia

A new cultural exchange and academic research program

World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – June 13-19, 2022

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