Wife of Russian on Kremlin’s ‘most-wanted list’ told to pay up for lights at her £22m Surrey home March 4, 2022 A Russian woman whose husband is said to be on “the Kremlin’s most-wanted list” must pay more than £160,000 after being sued by a company that installed fountains and garden lights at her “£22 million” home in Surrey, a judge has ruled. GSL Installations said Elsina Khayrova owed more than £240,000 for work done at [...]
Ukraine and crypto donations show how good will triumph over evil… hopefully March 4, 2022 Monty reflects upon the halcyon days of his youth, and a cold shadow that has come back to haunt the world.
What impact will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have on oil and gas? March 4, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is first and foremost a human tragedy. As investors though, our role is to interpret the market implications on behalf of our clients. Here, we consider the impact of the invasion on oil and gas markets. Firstly, it’s important to understand how markets stood before the invasion. Global energy markets were [...]
Calls grow worldwide to drag Vladimir Putin to special tribunal and let Russian president stand trial for war crimes March 4, 2022 Gordon Brown, UK Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, is urging countries to support the creation of a special tribunal to punish Vladimir Putin for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. He joined Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba at an online event organised by the Chatham House think-tank, where pleas were made for Western nations [...]
Ukraine war turns nuclear as Russian shells fall directly onto Europe’s largest power plant amid heavy fighting March 4, 2022 Fears grow for an explosion as Russian forces are shelling the continent’s largest nuclear power plant, which has reportedly caught fire around 1am UK time. Nuclear plant spokesman Andriy Tuz told Ukrainian television that shells fell directly on the facility, and set fire to a reactor that is not operating and to an administrative training [...]
Russian crypto trading volumes fall amid sanction evasion fears March 4, 2022 The volume of Russian roubles being exchanged for crypto is falling undermining claims digital assets are being used to evade sanctions.
Eversheds cuts links with Russia after denying it works for oligarchs March 4, 2022 London law firm Eversheds has said that it is not currently working for the Russian government, Russian oligarchs, or the the Russian Federation’s state-owned firms, after vowing to cut links with Russia. In a statement, Eversheds said it now intends to refuse any offers of work from “Russian entities,” as it confirmed that all of [...]
Kremlin bans citizens from calling for sanctions against Russia after denying plans to institute martial law March 4, 2022 Russia’s Duma has introduced a new law to ban citizens from calling for sanctions to be imposed on Russia, and said those found guilty may be forced into “obligatory labour” for up to three years. Russians who call for sanctions to be imposed on Russia, over its invasion of Ukraine, could face fines of up [...]
As the world sees enormous price increases, Bitcoin’s use case deserves more attention March 4, 2022 As war rages in the Ukraine, Bitcoin’s use case as an answer to economic woes has once again been brought to the forefront.
Behind the story: Row, row, row your Russian super yacht to the Maldives March 4, 2022 As part of the sanctions targeting powerful individuals close to the Kremlin, a full-scale operation to seize the oligarchs’ superyachts is underway. The beautiful Amore Vero (“True Love”), property of a company linked to Igor Sechin, chief exec of Rosneft, has been seized by French authorities in the port of La Ciotat. Another superyacht, owned [...]