Sanctions Intelligence Digest - Sep-07-2024
- Number of days the Russia-Ukraine war has been ongoing: 924
- Rare earth elements controlled by China, percentage-wise: 80%
- U.S. firms sanctioned over ties with Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project: 17
- Potential war crimes committed in Sudan, as reported by UN experts: Numerous
- Amount in dollars received by a former Trump advisor from Russian media: Over 1,000,000
- Sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Indian companies in 2024: 5
- Days since the Kremlin promised media freedom post-conflict: 0
- Number of U.S. sanctions targeting Russian Arctic gas shipments: 12
- Years Raiffeisen's operations in Russia were viable before sanctions: 15
- Retaliatory measures planned by Moscow against U.S. media restrictions: Pending
- Total indictments unsealed against Russian-born U.S. citizens for media collusion: 2
- Years of suspension for participants in a fixed sporting event in Namur, Belgium: 1
- International sanctions complicating the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: 14
- Percentage of global EUV lithography machines made by the Dutch firm ASML: 100%
- Days since Turkey requested to join the BRICS group: 2
- Russian media personalities indicted in the U.S. over alleged election interference: 1
- New U.S. sanctions aimed to degrade Russia’s oil capabilities in 2024: 7
- Iraqi officials allegedly involved in helping Iran evade sanctions hosted by the U.S.: 1
- Number of Russian ships sanctioned by the U.S. in 2024 for transporting gas: 4
- Duration, in years, Russia has imposed media restrictions during conflict: 3+
- Number of Canadian influencers silenced following investigations into Russian ties: 2
- Length, in kilometers, of the disrupted Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline: 2,775
- Value, in dollars, of Russian assets frozen in Austrian banks: 18,000,000,000
- Days since UN called for an impartial force in Sudan: 1
- Potential increase in global rare earth prices due to Chinese restrictions, percentage-wise: 20%
Total Articles: 80
Article Summaries
China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Shake Up Global Ma...
Description: The US ceding its once-dominant position in rare earths comes back to bite, as China uses rare earth...
US slaps anti-Russia sanctions on Indian firms
Description: Washington has sanctioned Indian-based companies it claims are linked to Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 proje...
UN experts call for ‘impartial force’ to protect c...
Description: Warring parties have committed 'harrowing human rights violations' that could amount to war crimes, ...
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 924
Description: As the war enters its 924th day, these are the main developments.
Sanctions complicate Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline pr...
Description: Pakistan Federal Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik said Wednesday that international sanctions ha...
Etats-Unis : un ancien conseiller de Donald Trump ...
Description: Dimitri Simes, citoyen américain né en Russie, et son épouse ont reçu plus d’un million de dollars a...
US imposes new sanctions on Russian Arctic gas as ...
Description: The United States announced new sanctions Thursday on ships that transport Russian gas from Moscow's...
Biden-Harris State Dept Set To Host Iraqi Official...
Description: The Biden-Harris State Department is slated to host a senior Iraqi official allegedly involved in "i...
Kremlin promises to lift media restrictions when U...
Description: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has endorsed full media freedom, once Russia is no longer in a de fa...
Austrian Raiffeisen's entanglement with Russia
Description: A Russian court has frozen Raiffeisen Bank International's local arm, killing off any prospect of se...
Moscow Set to Respond to US Sanctions on Rossiya S...
Description: Moscow is preparing retaliatory measures in response to the US sanctions imposed on the Rossiya Sego...
TV Presenter Who Worked for Channel One Russia Cha...
Description: The Department of Justice today unsealed two indictments charging Dimitri Simes, 76, and Anastasia S...
Kremlin Spokesman Announces Restrictive Measures A...
Description: Restrictions on the dissemination of information by US media outlets in Russia will follow in respon...
Russian TV Presenter Who Was Former Trump Adviser ...
Description: Russian TV presenter Dimitri Simes, who served as an adviser to former President Donald Trump's 2016...
Further Sanctions to Degrade Russia's Ability to O...
Description: In response to Russia's continued war of aggression against Ukraine, the United States is imposing f...
Channel One Russia personality indicted over alleg...
Description: The U.S. Justice Department unsealed two indictments Thursday against a Russian-born U.S. citizen, D...
The US Made the Dutch an Offer They Couldn’t Refus...
Description: ASML, a Dutch firm that currently is the world’s only manufacturer of the extreme ultraviolet lithog...
Turkey submits request to join BRICS group of nati...
Description: Turkey has submitted a formal request to join the BRICS group of nations. Sources told Bloomberg New...
Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers caught up...
Description: The social media accounts of two Canada’s most vocal far-right pundits have fallen unusually silent ...
Les sanctions pour Presgaux et Clermont
Description: Un an de suspension ferme et deux ans avec sursis pour les protagonistes de la fausse lutte de N3B. ...
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Description: Les amendes de 135 euros liées aux voies de covoiturage vont bientôt pleuvoir dans une nouvelle vill...
Trump says he will tap Musk to lead government eff...
Description: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday (5 September) he would establish a g...
Venezuela says detained US sailor entered 'without...
Description: Caracas, Venezuela — A U.S. Navy sailor held in Venezuela since late last month was arrested for ent...
Maduro Can Likely Survive US Sanctions on His Alli...
Description: Even as Nicolás Maduro’s legitimacy at home and abroad withers further following Venezuela’s highly ...
Russian court freezes Raiffeisen shares in local b...
Description: A Russian court froze the shares in Raiffeisen Bank International's, the biggest Western bank in Rus...
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's ans...
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'Impartial force' must be deployed to Sudan: UN ex...
Description: GENEVA — Flagrant rights violations by Sudan's warring parties require the deployment of an "indepen...
Russia mined nearly 54,000 Bitcoin in 2023, says i...
Description: Russia's significant Bitcoin mining in 2023 could bolster its economy, attract investors, and help c...
Who Wants to Kill and Die for the American Empire?
Description: Not only do most people not want to die for questionable causes like the US empire, they don't want ...
Elon Musk’s X could still face sanctions for train...
Description: Earlier this week, the EU’s lead privacy regulator ended its court proceeding related to how X proce...
Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advi...
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To End the War In Gaza, Pressure Hamas' Sponsors, ...
Description: As some of the hostages were still being buried, instead of unleashing fury at Hamas and their state...
Attacks on Sputnik, RT About Shoring up US Institu...
Description: This week brought further developments in the Biden administration’s ongoing war against alternative...
Democrats launch new PAC to block Trump from quest...
Description: A group called Democracy Defenders, the newest political action committee (PAC) launched by former s...
Lithuania's Foreign Vice-Minister Šatūnas: "Only w...
Description: On 4 September, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Simonas Šatūnas, met with the Uni...
Analysis: Malaysia cosies up to Russia and invites...
Description: While some experts say Malaysia’s growing proximity with Russia could raise eyebrows, others believe...
SFR : de la fuite des abonnés à celle de leurs don...
Description: Le 4 septembre dernier SFR a été victime d’une nouvelle fuite de données affectant plus de 50 000 cl...
The U.S. will impose new export controls on quantu...
Description: The new rules cover all exports, yet include exemptions for countries that impose their own controls...
US Intervention and Neoliberalism Aggravate Politi...
Description: Weeks of student-led and often violent protests forced the resignation and exile on August 5 of Bang...
10 Communication Networks Defying Global Censorshi...
Description: Brazil’s recent ban on X is just the latest example of how governments around the world are cracking...
US imposes sanctions on companies, vessels linked ...
Description: Novatek may be forced to scale back the project following a a raft of US sanctions including ones im...
Vladimir Kara-Murza thought he'd die in a Siberian...
Description: In his first Canadian interview since being released in a historic prisoner swap, Vladimir Kara-Murz...
US warns Russian hackers: 'We are onto you'
Description: The United States has charged five Russian intelligence officers and one Russian civilian in connect...
China, US at odds over war-torn Myanmar's future a...
Description: China recently warned against what it described as "external interference" in Myanmar, a country inc...
Notice: Notice to exporters 2024/21: update on Rus...
Description: Russian Sanctions legal advisory services general trade licence has been revoked.
Transparency data: Insolvency practitioner sanctio...
Description: On 18 April 2024 a Regulatory Penalty was made against Gerard Nicholas Ratcliffe FCA of Bolton, Unit...
Guidance: General trade licence Russia sanctions –...
Description: This General Licence permits the direct or indirect provision of legal advisory services concerning ...
Transparency data: Insolvency practitioner sanctio...
Description: On 5 June 2024 a Regulatory Penalty was made against Finbarr O’Connell of London, United Kingdom
Five tennis players suspended for match-fixing
Description: The sanctions are linked to a criminal case heard in 2023 involving a match-fixing syndicate in Belg...
U.S. rolls out new chip-related export controls as...
Description: The Biden administration is rolling out new export controls on critical technologies, including quan...
The Disappearance of International Law
Description: The horrors of the Second World War sparked the creation of international organizations and internat...
Donald Trump says he will tap Elon Musk to lead go...
Description: Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, announced plans to establish a government effic...
30 Least Peaceful Countries in the World
Description: In this article, we will be looking at the 30 least peaceful countries in the world. If you want to ...
Sanctioned Tanker to Arrive at Russia’s Arctic LNG...
Description: A sanctioned LNG carrier is enroute to the Arctic LNG 2 facility to load what would be the fourth ca...
Conditioning Americans for War With Russia
Description: Reprinted from Consortium News. As the drums beat louder and louder about alleged threats from Russi...
OPEC+ delays production output increase, oil futur...
Description: OPEC+ agreed to extend additional voluntary production cuts by two months, aiming to gradually bring...
Russia-linked GRU Unit 29155 targeted critical inf...
Description: The United States and its allies state that Russia-linked threat actors operating under the GRU are ...
Apache fixed a new remote code execution flaw in A...
Description: Apache addressed a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Apache OFBiz open-source enterp...
En Hongrie, la lutte contre la pédophilie tourne à...
Description: Les agents de la protection de l’enfance sont passés au crible. Pour le gouvernement, il s’agit de f...
Former 2016 Trump campaign adviser is charged over...
Description: The Justice Department has charged Dimitri Simes, a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former Trump campa...
What is Israel's endgame?
Description: Netanyahu is hastening the state's downward trajectory in pursuit of regional war.
Vladimir Putin trolls US presidential race with ‘e...
Description: Russian President Vladimir Putin raised eyebrows Thursday when he expressed his support for US Vice ...
The 2024 Ron Paul Peace and Prosperity Conference:...
Description: For two days it felt like heaven was a place on earth: I was at the Ron Paul Institute (RPI) for Pea...
US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chi...
Description: Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech The US has tightened exp...
Former 2016 Trump Campaign Adviser Is Charged Over...
Description: The U.S. government has charged Dimitri Simes with working for a sanctioned Russian state television...
Who Wants To Kill and Die for the American Empire?
Description: The Associated Press reports that many of the recruits drafted under Ukraine’s new conscription law ...
This central bank is likely to remain a major buye...
Description: This central bank is likely to remain a major buyer in the gold market
Roaming Charges: Ain’t That America, Something to ...
Description: A country that tolerates the routine shootings of its own school children as the cost of doing busin...
Russia coping with sanctions better than West expe...
Description: VLADIVOSTOK (Russia): Russia is coping with sanctions better than many Western observers thought, Pr...
Rights Experts Warn A Besieged West Bank Could Fac...
Description: Israeli forces are using war-like tactics against Palestinians in what has become the deadliest oper...
From Hiroshima to Genocide in Gaza
Description: I mourn the six dead Israeli hostages recently murdered by Hamas before Israeli Defense Forces could...
U.S. rolls out new chip-related export controls as...
Description: The restrictions cover critical technologies, including quantum computing and semiconductor goods, a...
Russians mock US election allegations as Putin say...
Description: Russian commentators on Thursday mocked allegations that Moscow was meddling again in the US preside...
Martina Devlin: Take a leaf from Dunnes Stores wor...
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Elon Musk's X could still face sanctions for train...
Description: Earlier this week, the EU's lead privacy regulator ended its court proceeding related to how X proce...
On Rare Haiti Trip, Blinken Pledges Aid And Calls ...
Description: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on a rare visit to violence-ravaged Haiti on Thursday heard gua...
Biden-Harris admin needs 'more aggressive' plan to...
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Stock Market Highlights - 6 September 2024: Sensex...
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Influx of cheap Chinese goods a spoiler for local ...
Description: TAIPEI: China is defending itself against accusations that it is flooding the Thai market with cheap...