My feature from #CyprusConfidential is now out: Cyprus firm helped a Putin ally move $5 million the day he was sanctioned via @ICIJorgicij.org/investigations… This is a thorough look at the payments brought up in a UK civil court case against Peter Aven, which aims to confiscate just over £1 million from him - his lawyers and those of his assistant denied wrongdoing.

EXCLUSIVE on @london_reporter - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantisFL received a donation of $30,000 in 2021 from the same person revealed yesterday to be allegedly connected to a top underling of Russian President Vladimir Putin reporter.london/?p=952 The donator, shown in a public filing, is also a co-owner of porn payments firm Paxum, which has been embroiled for almost a year in a massive fraud scandal in Romania, as revealed last year by our website: reporter.london/?p=124

oh boy

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1635778015631212544

in a way this story is a relief - confirms Moscow doesn't plan military attacks against Moldova, confirms also what has long been obvious, that the Kremlin is actively working to destabilise and subvert the country using dark arts and internal collaborators.