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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rich Booth

UK targets Putin’s cryptocurrency networks in latest sanctions

Russia's President Vladimir Putin - (Reuters)

A new package of UK sanctions aiming to shut off funding to Russia’s war effort will target crypto networks.

They target cryptocurrency exchanges and the so-called “A7 network”, which the Foreign Office said was being used by Russia to evade existing restrictions and channel funds to fuel its war against Ukraine.

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