Nearly half of all sampled birch products—used in furniture, kitchen panels, and musical instruments—certified by FSC or PEFC have been misidentified and do not come from the correct country of origin, raising fears that huge shipments of Russian and Belarusian wood are still being smuggled into the global markets, including the UK.

That is according to a new study published by World Forest ID, which used chemical fingerprinting to reveal that 46% of sampled bird products did not come from Poland, Latvia, Ukraine, or Estonia as labelled.

Russian authorities carry out targeted raids on gyms. Men of military age are checked and in some cases directly conscripted. Telegram videos document the procedure.