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Russian oil exports drop to lowest in 7 months amid OPEC cuts and sanctions
Russian oil exports are down as the country moves to comply with OPEC production cuts and sanctions…
Kelly Cloonan
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Russian inflation will soar even higher as sanctions spark another surge in gas prices, British intelligence says
Inflation in Russia is "highly likely" to remain above target through the rest of 2024, the UK Defe…
Jennifer Sor
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Russia's frozen assets are being used by the UK for a $3 billion loan to Ukraine
The loan to Ukraine is part of a larger $50 billion package that G7 nations have already pledged to…
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The US and the UK are reportedly looking into $20 billion of crypto payments that may have helped Moscow evade sanctions
Authorities are looking into $20 billion worth of transactions on a Russian crypto exchange, Bloomb…
Yuheng Zhan
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Russian convicts who earned their freedom fighting Ukraine are going home with swagger and a stash of money to burn: NYT
Some prisoners-turned-soldiers are returning to Ukraine flush with cash, as they were paid more tha…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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The UK exempted some Russian oligarchs from sanctions, allowing them to pay for private chefs, report says
British officials allowed some Russian oligarchs to spend hundreds of thousands a year in living ex…
Sophia Ankel
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The UK has slapped so many sanctions on Russian oligarchs, authorities are struggling to keep up with their applications to pay at supermarkets, florists, and yoga studios
The UK received over 1,000 license applications related to the Russian sanctions regimes since the …
Huileng Tan
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A sanctioned Russian billionaire says the UK searched his multimillion-dollar London home illegally using allegations from a 15-year-old report
His lawyer said the allegations were "absolutely typical of classic kompromat," meaning damaging an…
Huileng Tan
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Half of Russia's sanctioned oil tankers are now standing idle
Of the 50 tankers sanctioned by the US since October, 21 are now idle, no longer trading Russian cr…
Filip De Mott
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A Russian oligarch who slammed Putin's invasion of Ukraine got taken off UK's sanctions list after he got Richard Branson to back him
Branson, who has known Oleg Tinkov for over 20 years, says the outspoken Ukraine war critic has alw…
Huileng Tan
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Putin could struggle to end the war in Ukraine because it's making some poor Russians richer
Russia's production in war-related industries rose 60% from the fall of 2022 to the spring of 2024.…
Huileng Tan
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The UK says it has impounded several private jets linked to 'Putin's cronies'
All Russian aircraft are barred from entering UK airspace - officials can detain any that violate t…
Grace Dean
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Joe Biden says the West is banning imports of Russian gold to tighten the screws on Putin
Gold sales give Russia tens of billions of dollars a year, the President said, while the UK said th…
Ryan Hogg
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A superyacht captain says wealthy Russians made employees take lie detector tests to prove they've kept information confidential, a report says
A person who worked at sea for 15 years for well-off Russians told The Guardian employees were also…
Zahra Tayeb
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The captain of a Russian businessman's $50 million yacht detained by the UK says Italian authorities boarded its support ship and checked its documents
Phi's captain said Italian coastguard officers had requested "all" the support vessel's documents f…
Grace Dean
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Ukraine official says Putin 'earns $1 billion a day from oil alone' as Zelenskyy lobbies without success for an embargo
Ukraine is calling for countries, especially in the EU, to stop buying Russia oil and gas, which gi…
Tom Porter
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More than 100 private jets owned by Russian oligarchs are stuck in Dubai after being flown there to escape sanctions, reports say
A cluster of private jets sit idle at Dubai airports where Russian oligarchs flew them to escape sa…
Zahra Tayeb
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UK says it's blocked some yachts from leaving Britain over suspected links to Russian oligarchs and turned away 10 ships with ties to Russia
UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the government was working to "clamp down on Russian inter…
Grace Dean
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Russian oligarch calls for EU to return the $460 million superyacht that was once involved in one of the largest divorce settlements in UK history
The billionaire's ex-wife previously had the vessel frozen for two years after he failed to pay a d…
Grace Kay
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Ukraine is tracking Da Vincis and Warhols on the art market to stop sanctioned Russian oligarchs cashing in by selling their assets
An estimated $1.3 billion of art is listed by Ukraine's corruption agency as being owned or recentl…