Standard Chartered, Citigroup, and other major international banks processed billions of dollars from a Kremlin-linked fintech that had built its way into the global financial system undetected. This is a live, large-scale case study in how sanctions regimes actually get tested in practice, not on paper, and it's a genuinely strong candidate for a full piece given how directly it sits in the sanctions-evasion territory your EU-China article already touched on.
briefing22 September 20261 min read
A Kremlin-backed fintech moved $6.9 billion through global banks to dodge sanctions
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