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‘Anti-democratic’: Georgian activists slam US oil firm for political lobbying
An email from the CEO of the oil firm, seen by reporter.london, implies that the company plans a return to the country after years of controversy. LONDON–Top Georgian opposition and civil society figures have criticised a US oil company for lobbying against international measures aimed at the country’s Georgian Dream party government, which is in…
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Fugitive Moldovan tycoon recruits top Russian bankers to run sanctions-busting crypto firm: leak
CITY OF LONDON–Senior executives from Russia’s mainstream banking sector have joined an avowedly sanctions-proof crypto and payments firm at the heart of the Kremlin’s strategy to disrupt the West, leaked documents show. The documents reveal, in granular detail, the emerging sanctions evasion tactics and election interference campaigns run by fugitive Moldovan businessman Ilan Shor, who…