内容摘要：M23 says its goal is to protect ethnic minorities against the government in Kinshasa.

M23 says its goal is to protect ethnic minorities against the government in Kinshasa.

Lego said in a statement to Al Jazeera that it has “taken steps to increase visibility and control over any potential resale activity by retail partners which includes adding a clause to existing retailer contracts prohibiting existing retail partners from supplying to Russia”.Businesses outside Russia willing to supply sanctioned goods directly to Russian customers are not difficult to find.

Styleout Watches and Jewellery, a jewellery store in Dubai that sells Rolex and other premium watches, told an Al Jazeera journalist posing as a buyer that it was “more than happy” to deal with a Russian client and had “lots of them”.Rolex announced a boycott and ceased supplies to Russia after the Ukraine invasion and its watches are considered luxury goods under EU and US sanctions, although the UAE has not joined sanctions against Moscow.When approached directly by Al Jazeera for comment, a representative said the company did "not need marketing or advertisement” and refused to discuss the matter further.

Kiv.Kz, a wholesaler in Kazakhstan that sells household appliances, said it also had many clients from Russia, some of whom make bulk purchases of goods that are not officially available in the country due to sanctions.“You can come and buy the whole truck,” a company representative told Al Jazeera in a phone conversation.

Customs data shows that products are being imported into Russia through unofficial channels on a large scale.

All goods that enter Russia, whether through official distribution channels or as parallel imports, must be declared to customs, which records information including the name of the shipper, the consignee and the quantity of the shipment.But that does not mean that the scientists have found irrefutable evidence of life. Far from it.

Madhusudhan acknowledged that it is possible that the traces of DMS and DMDS found in the atmosphere of K2-18b are the outcome of chemical phenomena that are as of now, unknown to humanity.“It’s important that we’re deeply sceptical of our own results, because it’s only by testing and testing again that we will be able to reach the point where we’re confident in them,” Madhusudhan said. “That’s how science has to work.”

His colleagues in the research team agreed.“Our work is the starting point for all the investigations that are now needed to confirm and understand the implications of these exciting findings,” said co-author Savvas Constantinou, also from Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy.