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Moldova, Russia, United States
Businessman Aleksandr Okulov charged with helping Moscow evade sanctions wants to convince Washington of his innocence

The Moldovan-Russian businessman the US government claims is close to the oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, founder of far-right movements across Europe, plans to enlist a lawyer who backs "Russian pro-democracy activists" and worked at the US Embassy in Moscow. [...]

Published on 17.07.2023 at 04:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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International Republican Institute
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Worried about legal repercussions since the start of the war in Ukraine, investors have been disentangling themselves from their Russian ties on the Swiss financial market. One such player is embroiled in Moscow litigations with former clients, the most exposed of which were introduced by financial business provider Ilya Milton.

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Free Russia Foundation, a shadowy Washington group at the heart of a network of anti-Russia activism

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Ukraine, United Kingdom
Lawfare strategist Jason McCue goes into battle for Ukraine

From local to international courts and from war crimes to sanctions, lawyers are getting in on the 'lawfare' related to the war in Ukraine. The firm McCue Jury & Partners is coordinating a series of civil complaints and class actions by Ukrainian refugees.

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Sanctions war: EU in a quandary over the use of frozen Russian State assets

The plan to deduct interest generated by the Russian Central Bank's fixed assets and use it to support Ukraine's reconstruction has provoked a battle in Brussels that has involved press leaks and a string of meetings behind closed doors.

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United States
Ex-oil trader for Moscow Niels Troost hires his defence team with diplomatic passport in hand

The US Justice Department was reviewing evidence in mid-June that allegedly showed that embattled oil trader Niels Troost gained the title of Liberia's ambassador-at-large in Switzerland thanks to President George Weah.

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Russia
Alongside the Ukraine crisis, the Elysée and the Kremlin keep up talks on military memorials

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TotalEnergies is potential thorn in side of French-US talks on Russia

While French President Emmanuel Macron is trying a new diplomatic approach with Vladimir Putin this week in the Russian-US crisis over Ukraine, a behind-the-scenes battle is being waged to preserve Total's interests in Russia, which is under threat of US sanctions.

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Free Russia Foundation
International Republican Institute
Konstantin Malofeyev
Natalia Arno
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Samantha Power
Stroock
Tom Firestone
USAID
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