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The head of Operation Kenova, Sir Iain Livingstone, said it is important to stress the PPS decisions relate to individuals who are "supplementary to the focus of the operation - the activities of an alleged army agent codenamed Stakeknife".

The head of Operation Kenova, Sir Iain Livingstone, said the 16 people investigated were "supplementary" to the operation's main focus of investigating Stakeknife.

“Repressions have always been used during Putin’s tenure, but they were supplementary” to other efforts that targeted the political process directly, such as elections and propaganda, political analyst Abbas Gallyamov said.

The tool, however, is labeled as “experimental” and described as “supplementary to the official NWS heat watch/warning/advisory program.”

“Central Asia’s proximity and economic and cultural ties to China have led Beijing to view Central Asian policy and security as supplementary to, and even an extension of, China’s domestic security agenda,” said the analysis, which noted the region’s “significant energy importance … as a bridge between Europe and Asia.”