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FRANCE EUROPEAN UNION 18/01/2022

Crypto giant Binance weaves web of networks to bounce back in Paris and Europe 

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance, is preparing to launch in France, from where he hopes to make inroads into the rest of Europe. The Chinese entrepreneur was given a royal welcome by French junior minister Cédric O in Paris in November. [...]
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, speaks at the Delta Summit, Malta's official Blockchain and Digital Innovation event promoting cryptocurrency, in St Julian's, Malta October 4, 2018.
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, speaks at the Delta Summit, Malta's official Blockchain and Digital Innovation event promoting cryptocurrency, in St Julian's, Malta October 4, 2018. © Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
RUSSIA 12/01/2022

Alexander Vedyakhin, Sberbank's lead on artificial intelligence 

Sberbank, which aims to become an Amazon-style multi-service online platform in Russia, is building up a network of machine and deep learning consultants and researchers, some of whom are close to the intelligence services. The group also has connections in Paris and California to help develop its capacities. [...]
Alexander Vedyakhin, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sberbank.
Alexander Vedyakhin, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sberbank. © Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
FRANCE RUSSIA 11/01/2022

François Fillon rubs shoulders with counter-espionage veterans in Moscow 

The appointment of the former French PM to the board of a second Russian company will enable him to expand his contact network in Moscow. Already close to the entourages of the oligarchs Gennady Timchenko and Leonid Mikhelson, who are Kremlin loyalists, he will now find himself mixing with intelligence service veterans with important corporate positions. [...]
Former French Prime Minister François Fillon.
Former French Prime Minister François Fillon. © Aurelien Morissard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP
SpotlightUNITED STATES EUROPE UNITED KINGDOM 05/01/2022

ESG investigations - mirage or growth opportunity for investigation firms? 

For more and more business intelligence companies, having an operational social and environmental governance investigation service is becoming a necessary accessory for the 2021-2022 autumn-winter season. Is the rise in demand for these investigations, which is driven by tighter regulations in a number of major countries, just a passing fashion or could it mark the start of development of a substantial new market? [...]
UKRAINE 05/01/2022

Oligarch Rinat Akhmetov ponders whom to back against Ukraine's Zelensky 

With criticism of the president growing, fuelled by pro-opposition media groups, Donetsk-based oligarch Rinat Akhmetov is fast becoming Zelensky's favourite target as he seeks to boost his reputation and take on the country's oligarchs. Akhmetov, meanwhile, is looking for a candidate to back in the 2024 presidential race. [...]
Donetsk oligarch Rinat Akhmetov in 2014.
Donetsk oligarch Rinat Akhmetov in 2014. © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture-alliance/MaxPPP

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