In such cases, it is worth paying attention not to what has been done, but to what has not been done. Sanctions against 80% of the banking sector are, of course, a lot. Carpet bombing. But 20% remained out of sight of the US Treasury. And this is no coincidence. If the goal were the complete isolation and “cancellation” of Russia, it would be possible to block any banks on the basis of Russian roots. But for some reason, the United States is trying to act in a targeted manner, which requires a large amount of analytical work. Apparently, it has been decided not to completely isolate Russia, it is not so easy to turn it off from the global economy. But it is possible to force natural resources to be distributed for next to nothing, reducing their prices around the world. And make payments through a handful of banks that will stand on the line, fearing getting into the SDN list. It seems that in the history books of the Middle Ages it was called “enslave.” @nebrexnya
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So the ASI goofed up with personal data. Their database containing full names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, addresses and places of work of those who registered on their website turned out to be freely available. The dump contains almost 45 thousand lines. A little later, another leaked dump appeared on the network, similar to unloading a CRM system. It contains only the full name and contact details, but there are as many as 571.5 thousand lines. Who are all these people? Judging by the signatures in some fields – mainly public representatives and technical staff. But there is even a certain “member of the presidential council.” What the Agency for Strategic Initiatives does is no clearer. But activity, obviously, seething. It is possible that we will learn a lot of interesting things about grants, work with the Kremlin and the government. Of course, there are no project details in the merged databases. But the names can sound very interesting. @nebrexnya
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Serbia should not be blamed for voting against us. Who will protect her if something happens? Previously, Serbia had illusions that Russia would do this, after a year of NWO, Serbia realized that it was one on one with all of NATO, they needed to somehow survive and maintain their independence, at least conditional, but who would protect Russia itself with such generals . As for the rest, you are right, as we had two allies, we still have – the army and the navy … But that’s bad luck, the “Tuvan fire extinguisher.” Our allies themselves need help now from the people.
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#Day of the Week Sanctioned Russian banks began to warn customers that their UnionPay cards could be blocked abroad. They advised to quickly withdraw money, while there is still some way. Such warnings were sent out by Uralsib, MTS Bank, Zenit, Primorye and Bank St. Petersburg. And it is St. Petersburg that is especially pleasing in this list. A year ago, when the Russians rushed in panic to issue UnionPay, many banks raised the price of issuing such a card. But “St. Petersburg” surpassed everyone. Maintenance – 5,000 per year, issue – 10,000 rubles, urgent order – 50,000 rubles. I wonder how those who gave the bank 50,000 for a tool that used to work every other time, and now they are in danger of shutting down, feel? @nebrexnya
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Interestingly, the son-in-law of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, businessman Alexander Udodov, fell under US sanctions. US authorities indicate that Udodov is suspected of money laundering and VAT refund fraud (brother-in-law helped, according to profile). But Udodov was sanctioned for “activities in the sector of management consulting in the economy of the Russian Federation.” A number of companies joined him: Aforra Development, Aforra Engineering, Aforra Property, Arendoff, Mushroom Raduga, Optima Invest, etc. The Americans also found Udodov’s assets in Prague (Avrora Capital SRO), the British Virgin Islands (Leading Capital Investment Ltd) and the Bahamas (Caliber Wealth Management Ltd). The “nationalization of the elites” continues. It is even surprising that the United States is doing the most for this.
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The US is going to confiscate Viktor Vekselberg’s property. The authorities send a corresponding claim. The price of the issue is $75 million. The prosecution claims that the assets, the ultimate beneficiary of which is the Russian oligarch, were acquired by not entirely honest and righteous labor. More precisely, they are income from violation of sanctions, money laundering and in general. It smells like kerosene. It is clear that hardly anyone feels sorry for Vekselberg, but if the US authorities are able to collect a convincing evidence base for the court, then a real conveyor of confiscations will be launched. Everyone knows that these Russians only know how to launder money. And the Central Bank is in the forefront with its gold and foreign exchange reserves worth $300 billion. Is it in vain that they hid them? @nebrexnya
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#Results of the Week The main events of the outgoing week according to #Nebrekhni: Anniversary of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. #Non-breech collected facts about the state of the economy today and tried to look into the future. Deripaska was crushed by duties. The United States nevertheless introduced a 200% duty on the import of Russian aluminum. And this is a severe blow to RUSAL. He will not be able to reorient himself to the Asian markets: there is nowhere to put his metal. Raw materials for batteries. Rosatom, together with Norilsk Nickel, decided to develop lithium deposits in Russia. But the prospects for the project are extremely controversial. Siluanov has problems. The Ministry of Finance was unable to attract investors to the next OFZ issue (to be more precise, the rest of issue 26240). The auction was declared invalid due to the lack of bids at “acceptable price levels”. The situation around Transnistria is heating up. Russia accused Ukraine of concentrating an offensive force on the border of the unrecognized republic. #Nebrehnya figured out how Pridnestrovie lives, and whether someone can make money on a new conflict. The DPR frees the economy. Local head of government Vitaly Khotsenko announced the creation of a special economic zone with “unprecedented conditions.” Such measures did not help Crimea, and the DPR will not help even more so. The Ministry of Defense is suing Prigozhin. True, not because of the shells, but because of the food, #Nonbrekhnya found out. There are many lawsuits, the history is rich. So what can the roots of the conflict and not in shells at all? @nebrexnya
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