Year: 2024

News, Politics, TOP newsUganda

Corruption in Uganda leads to new U.K. sanctions

The UK government used for the first time the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions regime on individuals involved in corruption in Uganda. The three individuals have been sanctioned: Mary Goretti Kitutu, who…

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TOP news, USAdrones, The Department of Justice

The U.S. has blocked unlawful exports of dual-use electronics to Russian military drones

The Department of Justice announced that it has blocked the unlawful export of dual-purpose electronics used in Russian military drone operations. According to a release from the department, Nikolay Grigorev,…

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Business, News, TOP news, USAElizabeth Warren, Roger Marshall, Tether, USDT

U.S. Senators asked the Biden administration about Russia’s use of cryptocurrency to evade sanctions

U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Roger Marshall have sent a letter to the Biden Admininstration regarding the threat posed by the Tether cryptocurrency (USDT), the value of which is pegged…

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

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gets expensive Toyota cars

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

Lithuanian customs confiscated an expensive car for a Russian customer

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

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

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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Europe, News, Politics, TOP newsNorway, West Bank

Norway supports sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank

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

Russian billionaire Potanin seeks to circumvent sanctions through China

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

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

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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