Tag: ilan shor
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EXCLUSIVE: Kremlin’s sanctioned crypto payment network has Budapest link
read this article: EXCLUSIVE: Kremlin’s sanctioned crypto payment network has Budapest linkLONDON–A multi-billion-dollar, supposedly “sanctions-proof” international payment system backed by the Kremlin and sanctioned by the West, has been associated with a business in downtown Budapest – staffed by a Latvian go-karting enthusiast – since December 2024. Leaked documents corroborated by reporter.london with open-source reporting suggest there is a risk that Hungarian company MiddleAsiaTrade House kft,…
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Fugitive Moldovan tycoon recruits top Russian bankers to run sanctions-busting crypto firm: leak
read this article: Fugitive Moldovan tycoon recruits top Russian bankers to run sanctions-busting crypto firm: leakCITY 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…
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White shoe lawyers Dechert dump Russia-linked Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor after US sanctions
read this article: White shoe lawyers Dechert dump Russia-linked Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor after US sanctionsCHIȘINĂU–Kremlin-friendly oligarchs are becoming too toxic for UK and US lawyers to work for in the wake of global sanctions amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The controversial Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor has been linked by the US government with Russia’s security service, the FSB, as well as large-scale economic crime – but his now ex-law…