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If you’re raising funds for a fintech start-up, where better to turn than the former boss of a Russian bank and the ex-finance director of a sports betting firm sanctioned by Ukraine?

Evening Standard

As world leaders meet, Ukraine urges allies to be bolder on Russia sanctions

Ukraine wants its allies to be bolder in imposing sanctions on Russia, including by targeting banks that provide financial services to serving soldiers, a senior adviser told Reuters.

Reuters

Top Russian energy boss mysteriously found dead after being arrested ‘for taking bribe’

Igor Shkurko, deputy general director of firm Yakutskenergo, had been detained over bribery allegations but the day after he issued an appeal was found dead in his cell

Daily Mirror

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Swiss court convicts four bankers over Putin cellist funds

Zurich (AFP) - Four bankers from a Russian bank's Swiss branch have been found guilty by a Zurich court over vast sums going into the accounts of a close confidant of President Vladimir Putin.

AFP

Swiss bankers accused of lax control of Putin pal's accounts

Four former bankers with the now-shuttered Swiss affiliate of a major Russian bank have gone on trial over allegations that they didn’t properly check accounts opened in the name of a Russian cellist with longtime ties to President Vladimir Putin

The Independent UK

Bankers on trial in Zurich accused of aiding man known as ‘Putin’s wallet’

Four Gazprombank executives accused of ‘due diligence’ failure in helping Sergey Roldugin deposit millions of Swiss francs

The Guardian - UK

Swiss case accuses bankers of hiding Putin's wealth

Putin's critics speculate that Russia's president could be among the world's wealthiest people.

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Analysis-Washington pushes for harsher action against banks with Russia ties

The United States could sanction more banks with links to Russia and will step up enforcement against any dodging existing rules, a senior U.S. official told Reuters, as Western powers seek to reinvigorate efforts to isolate Moscow.

Reuters

Why are so many Putin critics tumbling out of high-storey windows?

Police are investigating the strange circumstances surrounding the death of Russian tycoon, Pavel Antov, who criticised the war in Ukraine.

The New Daily

Seven powerful Russian figures who have died since Vladimir Putin launched Ukraine invasion

A seventh Russian businessman died on Thursday after reportedly falling from his hospital window

Evening Standard

The curious case of the Russian JCB dealer and the millionaire

Questions have arisen over sales of the British diggers in Russia after sanctions over the war in Ukraine descended

The Guardian - UK

Mystery as fifth Russian Gazprom-linked executive found dead in his swimming pool

Yury Voronov, head of a company that held Gazprom contracts, died from a gun shot wound to the head

The Independent UK

‘I could not be part of this crime’: the Russians fighting for Ukraine

Igor Volobuyev joined a legion of Russians hoping to defeat their homeland and maybe effect regime change

The Guardian - UK

Seven Vladimir Putin-linked oligarchs who've mysteriously died amid Ukraine war

Billionaire oligarch Alexander Subbotin, 43, who runs Kremlin-linked energy giant Lukoil, was found dead after employing the services of so-called spirit healers Magua Flores and Tina Cordoba - who is said to have treated him by placing toad venom under his skin

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The Guardian - UK

‘I’m never going back’: the high-profile Russian defectors rejecting war

Gazprombank’s Igor Volobuyev and diplomat Boris Bondarev are among the Russian elite to oppose Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Tribune News Service

EU drafts plan for buying Russian gas without breaking sanctions

The European Union is set to offer its gas importers a solution to avoid a breach of sanctions when buying fuel from Russia and still effectively satisfy President Vladimir Putin’s demands over payment in rubles.

Los Angeles Times

Group of Seven issues new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine invasion

WASHINGTON — The U.S., European Union and Group of Seven leaders on Sunday unveiled a fresh round of sanctions targeting Russia’s industrial sector, state-controlled media and Russian and Belarusian finance executives from major banks including Russia’s Gazprombank.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: G7 leaders pledge to further isolate Moscow

Latest show of support for Ukraine comes as Russia prepares to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Reuters

U.S. imposes sanctions on 27 Gazprombank executives, Russian TV stations

The United States on Sunday unveiled sanctions against three Russian television stations, banned Americans from providing accounting and consulting services to Russians, and sanctioned executives from Gazprombank to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - US

US unveils new sanctions on Russia, targeting services, media and defense industry

New measures are primarily intended to close loopholes in existing sanctions and to tighten the noose around Russian economy

Reuters

Explainer-How the U.S. could tighten sanctions on Russia

The United States has imposed several rafts of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February, targeting its central bank, major lenders, oligarchs and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Daily Mirror

Suspicious deaths of six Russian oligarchs look like Kremlin murders, experts say

Experts believe the murder-suicides of six prominent Russian businessmen are the work of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin as they try to send a message to oligarchs and civilians

AFP

EU shores up defence against Russia energy threats

Brussels (AFP) - European Union ministers met Monday to respond to Russia cutting gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria -- and discuss plans for a possible oil embargo to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine.

The Independent UK

‘I want to see Putin hanged’, says Gazprom executive who fled Russia

‘Putin has to be put on trial and hanged. But only in accordance with the law’

Al Jazeera

Europe scrambles for long-term fix after Putin cuts off gas

European energy providers open Russian rouble accounts for gas, challenging bloc’s united front against Moscow.

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