Mark Warner Profile picture
Mar 10 4 tweets 4 min read
“The oligarchs’… business partner Andrei Kosogov, who has not been targeted by #sanctions, has agreed to buy the #Russian #bank… from its #Cyprus-based parent company… Subject to regulatory approval [they] would cease to be indirect shareholders of Alfa-Bank…”🤔 #compliance
“The US & UK placed punitive measures on Alfa-Bank last year after [#Russia’s] invasion of #Ukraine, while the EU introduced its measures last month. Fridman and Aven have received no indication that selling Alfa-Bank will convince the EU to remove the #sanctions…”🤔 #compliance
“[Fridman and Aven], who have challenged the EU #sanctions in court, have submitted letters of support from #Russian opposition figures such as jailed war critic Ilya Yashin and Leonid Volkov, the head of jailed opposition leader Alexei #Navalny’s Anti-#Corruption Foundation.”🤔
“More than two dozen #Russian oligarchs have launched legal challenges against western #sanctions. A few, including Fridman’s ex-wife and the mother of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, have won court decisions against EU sanctions…”🤔 #compliance

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Mark Warner

Mark Warner Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @MAAWLAW

Mar 11
“The US nuclear power industry gets up to 20% of its enriched #uranium from #Russia… France imports 15%. Framatome, which is owned by state-backed nuclear power operator, EDF, signed a cooperation agreement with #Rosatom in December 2021, two months before Russia’s invasion…”🤔
“The #Czech Republic’s energy company, CEZ, has signed contracts with Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse Electric Company and the #French company Framatome to supply fuel assemblies for its [#nuclear] plant in Temelin.”🤔 #sanctions #competition
“In #Finland, Fennovoima, an energy company, terminated a… project with #Rosatom to build a #nuclear reactor. Another company, Fortum, has hired Westinghouse to design, license and supply a new fuel type for its plant in Loviisa, Finland, after its current contracts expire.”🤔
Read 4 tweets
Mar 11
“In five EU countries, every reactor — 18 in total — was built by #Russia. In addition, two more are scheduled to start operating soon in #Slovakia, and two are under construction in #Hungary, cementing partnerships with #Rosatom far into the future.”🤔 #sanctions #Ukraine
“… in countries where support for #Russia’s gov’t has held up, #Rosatom’s one-stop shopping and financing remain enticing. Russian-built reactors can be found in #China, #India#Iran#Armenia & #Belarus. Construction has begun on #Turkey’s first #nuclear power plant…”🤔
#Russia’s tightest grip is on the market for nuclear fuel. It controls 38% of the world’s #uranium conversion & 46% of the uranium enrichment capacity — essential steps in producing usable fuel. ‘That’s equal to all of #OPEC put together in terms of market share and power’…”🤔
Read 4 tweets
Dec 19, 2021
“Some kits are being resold online. They appear to be Rapid Response antigen tests, the same brand being handed out by the province. Posters on Craigslist and TikTok were asking anywhere between $80 and $100 per box of five tests.”🤔 #COVID19 #ConsumerProtection
“In March 2020, Ontario announced fines of up to $500,000 for those who raise prices significantly for ‘necessary goods’ which at the time included PPE, non-prescription medications to treat #COVID19 symptoms, personal hygiene products and disinfectants.”🤔 #ConsumerProtection
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(