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Shocked by the rise of the right? Then you weren’t paying attention - The seeds of Trump, Brexit and Modi’s success were sown by endemic racism and unfairness. Tackling that is the answer, by @garyyounge
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"the countries which keep producing these shocks are every bit as racist, xenophobic and discriminatory as their voting habits suggest. This is not some new virus; it’s a susceptibility to a chronic illness that has crippled us for years."
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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A lawsuit filed May 21st in Delaware hasn't been widely covered but @anders_aslund notes the suit by nationalized Ukrainian PrivatBank against prior owners Ihor Kolomoisky & Gennady Bogolyubov may be one of the biggest money laundering cases in history
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An April article by @OCCRP described how PrivatBank's prior oligarch owners Ihor Kolomoisky & Hennadiy Boholiubov were accused of stealing $5.5 billion, or the rough equivalent of 5% of the country's gross domestic product
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from 2006-2016 total movement of funds (credits) into the ultimate beneficiary owners’ laundering at PrivatBank Cyprus was $470 billion - If true it would be the biggest case of money laundering in history
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…
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Update on Dmitry Firtash - his lawyer Dan Webb sent a letter to the judge in Chicago urging her to rule on his motion to dismiss the case

Webb says Austrian Supreme Court will hold a public hearing & rule on Procurator General’s recommendation (related to Firtash) on June 25th
Webb sent a similar letter in October 2018 claiming that Firtash's extradition may be imminent
This thread has some background on the US extradition request for Firtash - who was indicted in Chicago because one of his companies allegedly was involved with bribing officials in India in a deal to broker titanium for Chicago based Boeing
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Wendy Siegelman
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Senate Intelligence Cmte summons mysterious British security consultant Walter Soriano - who per a source is linked to Oleg Deripaska. Committee requested communication w/Psy Group, Wikistrat, Black Cube & Christopher Steele firm Orbis by @NatashaBertrand politico.com/story/2019/06/…
In 2016 FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Field Office, Richard Frankel retired and went to work for Walter Soriano's firm USG Security Limited

Richard Frankel also coincidentally previously worked for Michael Flynn

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