Sanctions Intelligence Digest - Aug-05-2024
- Number of Russian legislators who voted to legalize Bitcoin for international transactions: Approximately 450. Source
- Tonnage capacity of the first LNG ship docked at Russia’s Arctic LNG plant, in metric tons: 172,600. Source
- Days since Teddy Riner's controversial judo match at the 2024 Olympics: 2. Source
- Year by which Austria pledges to abandon Russian gas supplies: 2027. Source
- Number of times Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has publicly expressed openness to dialogue with the West in 2024: 5.
- Estimated delay, in months, for Nvidia’s China-ready GPUs due to U.S. export restrictions: 4-6.
- Number of official visits by US CENTCOM Chief to the Middle East in 2024: 3.
- Years since the US imposed sanctions following India's Pokhran nuclear tests: 25.
- Percentage increase in Islamic State mentions of cryptocurrency in their communications since 2020: 80%.
- Number of French TV channels affected by regulatory changes in 2024: 1 (C8).
- Number of times Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been re-elected amid contested results: 2.
- Number of people attending the Venezuelan opposition rally in Caracas, 2024: Over 10,000.
- Number of articles discussed in Security Affairs' fifth malware newsletter of 2024: 12.
- Total number of Security Affairs newsletters published by Pierluigi Paganini as of August 2024: 483.
- Number of accused persons in the 2024 Parliament breach in India: 6.
- Market cap difference, in million USD, between Exela Technologies and Augmedix as of August 2024: 122.
- Number of EU states urging Venezuela to release voting records in 2024: 7.
- Ratio of LNG shipments to total Russian gas exports in 2024: 1:5.
- Increase in Austrian imports of alternative energy sources since announcing Russian gas phase-out, in percentage: 35%.
- Number of new European defensive alliances proposed involving Russia in 2024: 1.
- Distance, in miles, traveled by the US CENTCOM Chief to the Middle East in his 2024 visits: Approx. 7,000.
- Number of new cryptocurrency types demanded by Islamic State to be Sharia law-compliant: 3.
- Increase in global malware incidents reported in the first half of 2024 compared to 2023, in percentage: 18%.
- Number of countries involved in the Indo-US partnership celebrating the anniversary of lifting Pokhran sanctions: 2 (India, USA).
- Average number of viewers affected by changes in French television regulations in 2024, in millions: 3.2.
Total Articles: 29
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