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The administration of US President Joe Biden has decided to ban the sale of Kaspersky Lab products. The reason is ties to Russia, which could threaten the United States, Reuters reports. “Kaspersky can access American computers and the confidential information stored in them. This could threaten US national security, the government believes, especially as the […]
After weeks of debate and resistance from Germany and Hungary, the European Union has adopted unprecedented sanctions against Russia’s lucrative gas sector. This decision, made after lengthy negotiations between EU ambassadors, could pull hundreds of millions from Moscow’s military coffers. The sanctions prohibit EU ports from reselling Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) after it arrives […]
The Belarusian military-industrial complex actively produces sights for Russian armored vehicles, which are then used in the war. This was reported by BelPol. Details The Minsk-based company Peleng, known for its specialization in the development and production of optical devices, has received an order for hundreds of sights for Russian military vehicles. BelPol reports that […]
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, Ukrainian cyber specialists, on the recommendation of law enforcement agencies, blocked more than 2,500 websites that were engaged in illegal gambling or operating online casinos without proper licenses. As of April 2024, more than 450 criminal offenses related to the illegal organization of gambling are under investigation, and 21 […]
German company Hugo Boss has announced that it is selling its Russian business to its wholesale partner Stockmann. This agreement will terminate the brand’s presence in Russia This was reported by Reuters. Hugo Boss, like many other retailers, has suspended its retail operations in Russia due to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In addition, the […]
The Paris prosecutor’s office’s organized crime unit has taken up Putin’s ex-wife, Lyudmila. She lost her French villa Reverie (some media call it Suzanne). French authorities have confiscated a €5.4 million mansion on the Cote d’Azur. This was reported by the French publication Challenges, citing informed sources. Back in May 2022, the influential international organization […]
US President Joe Biden has extended the ban on Russian-linked vessels entering US ports for another year. This was reported on the White House website. “I am extending for one year the national emergency to regulate the docking and movement of Russian-affiliated vessels into United States ports as set forth in Proclamation 10371,” Biden said […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union granted the claim of Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman, shareholders of Alfa-Bank, to remove them from the sanctions lists. A document was published on the court’s website stating that the Court granted Aven and Friedman’s petition and canceled their stay on the restrictive measures lists for the […]
Investor Kevin O’Leary, a well-known participant of the popular show and platform for entrepreneurs “Shark Tank”, expressed his intention to purchase the social platform TikTok if the proposed ban on its use is approved. He is confident that the deal will not be controlled by large tech companies such as Meta and Google, as regulators […]
Despite the sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia imported more than $1 billion worth of high-tech American and European chips in 2023. According to a Bloomberg report citing classified data from the Russian customs service, the aggressor imported chips from American manufacturers Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices and Analog Devices Inc. and European […]