Tag: Russia
Task Force KleptoCapture formed to prevent crypto bypassing of Russian sanctions
As global economic sanctions on Russian finance have intensified this week, steps to ensure that cryptocurrency isn’t a potential route for oligarchs to avoid...
UK Government to strengthen money laundering laws with new Economic Crime...
As the UK looks to expand the impact of its economic sanctions on Russia, the government is accelerating the implementation of new laws that...
EU orders SWIFT removal of seven Russian banks
In a statement issued today, the European Union has announced that a total of seven Russian banks will be taken off from SWIFT.
The move...
Apple Pay halted in Russia as sanctions increase
Apple has become the latest corporation to cease its operations in the Russia, confirming that its Apple Pay financial product will no longer be...
Peter Klein: ‘SWIFT removal unlikely to have significant impact on the...
Economic sanctions have been the most significant tool from the West when it comes to impacting Russian aggression against Ukraine - with many citing...
Mastercard to block ‘multiple financial institutions’ in Russia
Mastercard has released a statement stating that ‘multiple financial institutions’ in Russia have been blocked from the Mastercard payment network.
This comes as Western Leaders...
SWIFT sanctions imposed by Western Allies as the UK targets the...
In what was seen as a significant step by Western allies, leaders have agreed to cut certain Russian banks from global financial messaging service...
Joe Biden: ‘Removing Russia from SWIFT is not the route European...
The power struggle over whether to inflict what many are citing as the most impactful economic sanction on Russia, in removing them from the...
Chris Weafer: ‘Very extreme action’ of removing Russia from SWIFT remains...
The European Union is unlikely to remove Russia from the SWIFT global interbank payments system, despite mounting political pressure from the international community amid...
Russia plans to make cryptocurrencies legal with new federal draft law
The Russian finance ministry has submitted a federal law draft aiming to make digital currencies legal in Russia for the first time.
In the draft...
