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It has partnered with a satellite company called AST SpaceMobile, which has relatively few satellites in orbit - Monday's test had to be carefully timed around one being in the right place, at the right time.

The decision was a win for the company rebranded by billionaire Elon Musk when he bought Twitter l ast year.

After the authorities branded Akunin an extremist, one of Russia’s leading publishers, AST, announced it was suspending the printing and sale of his books.

Akunin’s placement on the register comes after one of Russia’s leading publishers, AST, last week announced that it was suspending the printing and sale of books by Akunin and another popular author, Dmitry Bykov, following their criticism of Russia’s military action in Ukraine.

He still has family in the West Bank, where according to the United Nations at least 132 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers over the ast month.