Month: April 2024

30

Apr

News, Politics, TOP newsAurus Senat, Kim Jong-un, Toyota

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gets expensive Toyota cars

Alex Torch

State-run TV in North Korea has shown footage of a meeting between Kim Jong-un and the military. Kim Jong-un arrived at the event in an Aurus Senat limousine which was…

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29

Apr

Business, Europe, News, Russia, TOP newsBMW, Lithuanian customs

Lithuanian customs confiscated an expensive car for a Russian customer

Miroslaw Kozlowski

The Customs Department under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania announced the confiscation of a BMW LDxDrive that was transported by a Belarusian driver for a client in Russia. The Belarusian driver attempted to claim that the car was…

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26

Apr

Business, News, Technology, TOP news, USAIran, Russia, UAV

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the Iranian UAV industry

Alex Torch

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed financial sanctions on individuals, companies, and vessels that help with the sale of Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). According to the OFACs statement, Sahara Thunder is the…

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24

Apr

Europe, News, Politics, TOP newsNorway, West Bank

Norway supports sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank

Miroslaw Kozlowski

Norway has decided to join the sanctions against extremist settlers in the West Bank.   "For decades, settler violence has been allowed to grow due to widespread impunity and a failure…

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23

Apr

Business, News, TOP newsInterros, Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin

Russian billionaire Potanin seeks to circumvent sanctions through China

Alex Torch

Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin, president of Norilsk Nickel, the leader of Russia's mining and metallurgy industry, has come up with a plan to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Interros Investment Company published an interview with Potanin in which he discusses plans to shift сopper production from Russia to China, saying that…

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22

Apr

Business, News, Technology, TOP news, USAIran, Minsk

The U.S. inhibits the Pakistan’s Ballistic Missile Program by sanctions

Miroslaw Kozlowski

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on four entities that have supplied Pakistan's ballistic missile program. These entities were added to the US sanctions list: Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant, also known as Volat, is a Belarusian company that  as worked…

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19

Apr

Business, Europe, News, Russia, TOP newsLavochkin Association, Sodern, Spektr-UF

European sanctions reach Russian space comlex Spektr-UF

Miroslaw Kozlowski

The Russian arbitration Court of Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region has published a decision  related to an argument between the Russian space company Lavochkin Association and the French company Sodern, wich…

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18

Apr

Business, News, TOP newsIran

EU prepares new sanctions on Iran’s drone industry

Alex Torch

The European Union (EU) is preparing new sanctions against Iran's drone industry. This decision was made at a summit in Brussels, and it was caused by an attack on Israel…

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17

Apr

Antiterrorism, News, Politics, TOP news, USAIran, Jake Sullivan

The U.S. prepares new sanctions on Iran

Miroslaw Kozlowski

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has announced new sanctions on Iran after its unprecedented air attack against Israel. "In the coming days, the United States will impose new sanctions targeting…

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