Ukraine announces sanctions on businessman Dmytro Firtash for selling titanium products that allegedly end up being used by Russian military enterprises.
The council also announced sanctions against businessman Pavel Fuks. #1MDB
Firtash siphoned off more than $190 million of state loans his bank received in the wake of the global financial crisis, part of which he ploughed into a deal to privatize a titanium manufacturing company, according to leaked documents.
The connection to Fuks, highlights the complications caused by Giuliani’s work for international clients, among them autocrats and allegedly corrupt officials, as he represents the president. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Fuchs, a Kharkiv native, has reportedly been under investigation in Ukraine for alleged corruption surrounding a deal to buy $160 million in frozen assets of the country’s former President Viktor Yanukovych, who was deposed in February 2014. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/giul…
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The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post journalists’ phone records and tried to obtain their email records over reporting they did in the early months (Apr/July 2017) of the Trump administration on Russia’s role in the 2016 election. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Background: In early August 2017 — days after the time period covered by the search of The Post reporters’ phone records — Sessions held a news conference to announce an intensified effort to hunt and prosecute leakers in government.
📌Sessions discussed Trump campaign-related matters with Kislyak the Russian ambassador, (which he failed to disclose), U.S. intelligence intercepts show
Please join me a virtual tour of the Dali Museum, which is located in the heart of the of the quaint village of Montmartre.
Within the museum one finds one the largest collection of Salvador Dalí artworks in France & can appreciate his eclectic variety of mediums & styles.
“Along with Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Dali is most renowned as a Surrealist artist who created many of the best known paintings of the movement.”
How Iran Used an International Playboy (Reza Zarrab) to Launder Oil Money
On May 3, Halkbank – and by extension the Erdoğan regime – goes on trial in New York City, accused of helping Iran evade sanctions. occrp.org/en/how-iran-us…
According to the prosecutors, Halkbank and its executives also “illicitly transferred approximately $20 billion worth of otherwise restricted Iranian funds.”
Andrii Artemenko made a star turn in Rudy Giuliani's controversial Ukraine documentary and once tried to pitch the Trump administration on a plan for peace between Moscow and Kyiv. Now, he says, he's told the FBI what he knows about the former mayor. politico.com/news/2021/04/2…
2017: Sater was involved in an attempt during the transition to influence the Trump adm’s policy on Ukraine & Russia.
In Jan 2017, Sater and Cohen reportedly worked w/ the Ukrainian politician Andriy (sometimes transliterated Andrey or Andrii) Artemenko nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…