Financial crime and Russian oligarchs: How Cyprus vows to crackdown

[ad_1] Cypriot president Christodoulides, has reached out to an unnamed ‘third country’ in an attempt for the country to investigate supposed Russian oligarch’s evasion of sanctions against Russia ADVERTISEMENT Cyprus…

EU Russian sanctions stymied by complexity, poor enforcement

[ad_1] Economic punishments for the Ukraine invasion are still too easy to avoid, some lawmakers say. ADVERTISEMENT Uneven enforcement, trade diversion, and complex financial structures are hampering enforcement of EU…

Russian oligarch Kuzmichev detained in France over sanctions probe

[ad_1] Considered by the EU to be one of Russia’s most influential people, Alexey Kuzmichev has been detained by French police for questioning. ADVERTISEMENT Russian tycoon Alexey Kuzmichev has been…

Who was Yevgeny Prigozhin: Criminal, cook, troll and troublemaker

[ad_1] The rise and apparent spectacular fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin, and its ramifications, will be the talk of Russia for weeks or even months to come: from St. Petersburg to…

Do Russian oligarchs condemning the war make any difference for Putin?

[ad_1] Only a handful of Russian oligarchs have spoken out against the invasion of Ukraine since February 2022. Has their public condemnation of the war reached the Russian public, and…