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Mar 17 6 tweets 5 min read
1/4. The effects of Putin being charged over #WarCrimes by the International Criminal Court #ICC

There is one detail people are passing over in this report, and that is the charges laid against Maria Lvova-Belova for similar charges involving the cnn.com/2023/03/17/eur…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2/4. To understand the impacts of these charges, my view is that #Putin will at best be irritated by this event as a demonstration of the West’s hypocrisy and desire for regime change. The adverse affect for the civilised world, is that this event will likely lead to a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
3/4. Maria Lvova-Belova’s charges will have the biggest impact.

That is because all of these charges are symbolic in reality. The fact that charges and accountability has been extended to a relatively low level politician and bureaucrat is critically important.

This is because… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
4/4. The UN and the UNSC are for good or for worse, toothless and the institutions have been designed to fail in some respects.

Remember before jumping for joy about this event, is that one of the biggest resistors of the ICC on it’s formation was the USA, and without a united… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Just to clarify - the USA opposed the formation of the ICC - the reason relied upon is:

“Incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution
United States participation in the ICC treaty regime would also be unconstitutional because it would allow the trial of U.S. citizens for crimes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Mar 18
1/4. Oligarchs are being squeezed in Russia - the splits have started, with public statements from them contradicting #Putin directly.

#MikhailFridman - Owns Alfa Group and co-founder of Alfa Bank, and used his investment firm #LetterOne to invest £200m into Uber. He is a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
2/4. #OlegDeripaska (worth $2.9Bn according to Forbes),the founder of #BasicElement the aluminium, construction and energy. In 2008 he was the richest #Oligarch in Russia and the 9th richest in the world. He lost nearly all his assets due to crashing markets and debt, but bounced… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
3/4. These #Oligarchs made billions from the breakup of the old #SovietUnion, when nationalised industries were privatised and a select few individuals were given large shares in the new companies. Putin is strongly tied to all Oligarchs and has been inews.co.uk/news/long-read…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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1/5 Let’s talk about Switzerland’s Credit Suisse Bank.

It is in shit street financially and needs a $54Bn bailout from Switzerland’s Central Bank.

Credit Suisse is 160 years old and is one of the largest banks in the world. This bank has a history of twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
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1986 - The bank was implicated in helping to store $10bn stolen by Phillipines Ferdinand Marco and his wife Emelda siphoned from the country. Credit Suisse open fake accounts for this couple under the names of William Saunders and Jane Ryan to hide the stolen money. The… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
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2009 - Credit Suisse was fined $536m for circumventing sanctions by the US Gov, including Iran and Sudan between 1995-2007. At the time the bank claimed it was “enhancing procedures” and taking action internally.

2011 - Credit Suisse paid $150m dollars to settle an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
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Mar 4
The American shoe brand #Crocs remains on the Russian market. Retail has resumed work in #Russia, supporting the russian economy despite it’s illegal invasion and #WarCrimes in #Ukraine

Stores have already opened in Moscow – in the shopping centers “Metropolis” and “Afimall”.
Crocs paused operations in March 2022 and resumed again in August 2022.

The brand's retail management and interaction with the franchisee were transferred under the new structure of Claire LLC, which was owned by the former head of the Russian division of Crocs, Eric Petit.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Claire LLC was established in May 2022, the main owner of the company is Eric Petit with a share of 85%, another 15% belongs to Evgeny Tregubenko, a co-owner of the legal RT-Group, which accompanies M&A transactions in Russia for foreign investors.
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@drosha69 @JeffSonnenfeld - FYI: KFC and Pizza Hut owner and Heineken claims to pause business in Russia ONE YEAR AGO , yet the brand is still alive and well in MAR 2023 theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
See this video filmed in February 2023, showing brands that are sneaking back into the russian market including #Samsonite #Levis and #Reebok .

A mixture of outright business as usual and others duping consumers russian names, selling original products.


Same old products, under fake russian branding.

These companies need calling out and being held to acount by consumers, shareholders and the media.

#StopTrade with #Russia
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A morally #corrupt high-profile Russian billionaires because of the success of football club Chelsea FC, Roman Abramovich was sanctioned later than some others, because he is less obviously influential than other #Putin allies.
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