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In 2008, William Browder’s lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, uncovered a massive fraud committed by Russian government officials that involved the theft of US $230 million of state taxes. Sergei testified against state officials involved in this fraud and was subsequently arrested, imprisoned without trial and systematically tortured. He spent a year in prison under horrific detention conditions, was repeatedly denied medical treatment, and died in prison on November 16, 2009, leaving behind a wife and two children. Since then, Browder has sought justice outside of Russia and started a global campaign for governments around the world to impose targeted visa bans and asset freezes on human rights abusers and highly corrupt officials. The United States was the first to impose these targeted sanctions with the passage of the Sergei Magnitsky Accountability Act in 2012, followed by the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act in 2016. Since then, Canada, United Kingdom, the Baltic states, the European Union and most recently Australia, have passed their own versions of the Magnitsky Act. Mr. Browder is currently working to have similar legislation passed in other countries worldwide including New Zealand and Japan, to name a few. Browder published his first book “Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice” in February 2015. A New York Time bestseller, the book focuses on Browder’s years spent in Russia, the Russian government’s attacks on Hermitage Capital Management and his responses to Russian corruption and his support of the investigation into the death of his attorney Sergei Magnitsky. A TV series, based on the book, is in development. His second book “Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin’s Wrath” was released in April 2022.
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16th August 2023
Fine, but let’s be clear about one thing: if the US wanted to put an end to the massacres committed by Russia in #Ukraine & save tens of thousands of Ukrainian lives, it would have had the ability long ago, more than any other ally. The reality is that they don’t want to. Period.
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Secretary Antony Blinken
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Aug 14
Today we are announcing deliveries of $200 million worth of arms and equipment for Ukraine. Air defense, anti-armor, and munitions will keep the Ukrainian armed forces in the fight to defend their country’s sovereignty, territory, and people.
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Three Russian opposition figures reported being poisoned outside of Russia
svoboda.org Расследователи сообщили об отравлениях уехавших из России Речь идёт о Елене Костюченко, Наталии Арно и Ирине Баблоян
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16th August 2023
“By completely underestimating Prigozhin’s radicalization and Wagner’s escalating conflict with the military, Putin has come across as an aging leader who is beginning to falter in ways he would never have before.”
foreignaffairs.com Putin’s Age of Chaos The dangers of Russian disorder.
16th August 2023
Gen. #SergeiSurovikin, the commander of #Russian forces in Ukraine, disappeared from view in the fall-out following June’s ill-fated #Wagner rebellion led by his ally Yevgeny #Prigozhin.
kyivpost.com Whatever Happened to ‘General Armageddon’? Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, disappeared from view in the fall-out following June’s ill-fated Wagner
16th August 2023
“He is a difficult man, not a simple man. It’s a mistake to think of him as some kind of stupid criminal…He’s very smart and very dangerous”
Russian General Sergei Surovikin is under house arrest, according to reports in Russian media. Surovikin, believed to be an ally of exiled Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, hasn’t been seen in public since Wagner’s march on Moscow in June.
15th August 2023
Françafrique is being dismantled one coup at a time. Is Prigozhin the new master behind every puppet putschist? #Niger
16th August 2023
The #Lithuanian government says it has decided to close two of the country’s six border crossing points with Belarus due to “geopolitical circumstances,” weeks after Russian #Wagner Group mercenaries took refuge in the country. https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/202
15th August 2023
The redeployment of Wagner mercenaries to Belarus was a “subtle move” orchestrated by Putin, Russian MP Andrey Kartapolov said last month, suggesting that Russia might seize the gap between Poland and Lithuania. But how likely are his claims?
16th August 2023
The VVER reactors in Zaporizhzhia contain 30 tonnes of uranium, less than the amount contained in Chernobyl’s RBMK reactors, but still catastrophic if released, warn
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chathamhouse.org Attacks on Ukraine nuclear plant – what’s at stake? As the war in Ukraine continues, further shelling of the Zaporizhzhia power plant prompts fresh concerns over nuclear safety in the region. ============
16th August 2023
“We must choose either champagne for a few or safe drinking water for all ” ~ Thomas Sankara
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Putin urges peaceful resolution in Niger during call with Mali President. Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a peaceful resolution to the Niger crisis in a telephone call with Mali’s President, Assimi Goita, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. “The importance of resolving the situation with regard to the Republic of Niger exclusively by peaceful political and diplomatic means was emphasised,” the Kremlin said. Niger has strategic significance for the United States, China, Europe, and Russia due to its uranium and oil resources and its role as a hub for foreign forces fighting armed groups in the region. The call is likely to rattle Western governments that fear growing Russian influence in the Sahel. Putin has been meeting with the West African leaders backing Niger’s coupists since they toppled the democratically elected government of deposed president Mohamed Bazoum on July 26. He met privately with Burkina Faso’s interim military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, last week, over the Niger crisis. There were speculations that the meeting was part of Putin’s plans to meet with French-speaking West African countries ruled by the military. Mali and Burkina Faso have pledged their support to Niger, as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) continually looks for mechanisms to resolve the crisis. West African army chiefs will meet on Thursday and Friday in Ghana to prepare for a possible military intervention, which the main regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened to launch if diplomacy fails. Any military intervention could further destabilize the impoverished Sahel, where conflicts waged by groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) have displaced millions over the past decade and fueled a hunger crisis.
16th August 2023
Lets go!
16th August 2023
Estonia’s Justice Minister Kalle Laanet, a member of the Estonian Reform Party, argues that Russian and Belarusian citizens should be stripped of their right to vote in Estonia’s local elections while Russia is engaged in aggression abroad.
16th August 2023
Alexey Khlebnikov, a 36-year-old former convict recruited by the Wagner Group to fight in the war in Ukraine, was put on the federal wanted list on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old girl. 4/4
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16th August 2023
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16th August 2023
Alexei Khlebnikov, a mercenary of the PMC “Wagner”, has been put on the federal wanted list on suspicion of raping a child in Volgograd region. He was previously convicted of murder and car theft, as well as theft and robbery. The criminal was released early because of his… Show more
16th August 2023
#Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has arrived in #Belarus on an official visit
16th August 2023
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has sent a congratulatory letter to Putin on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from the Japanese. He promised to strengthen strategic relations with Russia and fight together against the “imperialists”.
From the port of #Odesa, on the temporary corridor, left the first vessel since July 16. It is a container ship “JOSEPH SCHULTE” under the flag of Hong Kong. The ship is heading for the Bosporus, on board – more than 30 thousand tons of cargo, including food. By the way, WSJ writes that the USA, Ukraine and other countries are trying to export grain without Russia’s participation.
16th August 2023
The US is pushing Iran to stop selling armed drones used by Russia against Ukraine as part of talks to de-escalate a long-simmering nuclear crisis https://on.ft.com/47sSO6F
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Fingers crossed, but not holding my breath. The US is said to be pushing Iran to stop selling armed drones to Russia to attack #Ukraine – as part of discussions on a broader unwritten understanding between Washington and Tehran to de-escalate tensions. https://theguardian.com/world/live/2023/aug/16/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-drone-strike-kaluga-us-drone-sales?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with%3Ablock-64dc5ee58f0800b618b8a360#block-64dc5ee58f0800b618b8a360
16th August 2023
On 9-12 August, Russian delegation chaired by Deputy Minister of Agriculture S.Levin took part in the XIII #BRICS Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture in #Limpopo The sides were focused on promoting effective solutions & developing a systemic approach to #FoodSecurity & #Nutrition.
16th August 2023
FM Sergey #Lavrov: Washington and its allies are not embarrassed by the fact that through their actions they are threatening #GlobalStability, creating new risks, and undermining supply chains, as well as #food and #energy security.
X social media looking to build a trading hub inside app, Semafor reports http://reut.rs/3Qp2YPi
15th August 2023
Here’s everything you need to know about the Niger coup
16th August 2023
Day 539. Ukraine repels cross-border raid in northern Chernihiv Oblast. Russian missile targets Swedish factory in western Ukraine, kills three. India invites Russia but not Ukraine to upcoming G20 summit.
euromaidanpress.com Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 539: Russian missile kills three at Swedish factory in western Ukraine Ukraine repels cross-border raid in northern Chernihiv Oblast. Russian missile targets Swedish factory in western Ukraine, kills three. India
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16th August 2023
Oil companies chose to invest in using oil reserves they monopolize & squashed all cheap, clean & renewable energy development in the ’80s! Ask Psychopath Putin how his terrorist attack on Ukraine is funded by dirty fossil fuel extraction & toxic nuclear weapons. #GreenNewDeal
MUST WATCH: “The US wrecked Afghanistan for 40 years destroyed that country mercilessly cynically ignorantly brutally. And they’re gonna do the same with Ukraine unless the Ukrainians wake up and say God we’re being killed by this approach.” — Jeffrey Sachs
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16th August 2023
Ukrainian soldiers are thrown into assaults and then forgotten when they’re injured. Like a one time use object.
16th August 2023
President Zelenskyy
‘s Peace Formula is the only comprehensive framework for just & sustainable peace in The Formula is essential not only for ending the war in #Ukraine but can also serve as a basis for resolving conflicts worldwide.
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