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U.S. citizens, permanent residents and companies are barred from buying Russian stocks and bonds, the Treasury Department said.The move seemed likely to have a greater impact on the Russian elite than on Russia’s ability to fund the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/xdwCkAEPmP— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 9, 2022 … [Read more...] about U.S. citizens, permanent residents and companies are barred from buying Russian stocks and bonds

China offers rewards of over US$15,000 for national security tip-offs https://t.co/EdWCsrqKs0— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) June 8, 2022 Hours ago, China's Ministry of State Security published Rules to Reward Citizens Reporting Behavior that Threatens National Security, effective immediately.Awards range from less than US$1,500 to US$15,000+ depending on … [Read more...] about Snitches Get Stitches

"Price for natural gas in Germany will never be as low again as before Ukraine war -- because of that there is now a business case for ramping up hydrogen," says German econ & climate min #Habeck @BMWK at #bdewk22 conference #EnergyTransition pic.twitter.com/9RchKZhLci— Kerstine Appunn (@KeAppunn) June 1, 2022 … [Read more...] about There is now a business case for ramping up hydrogen

Another IRGC Quds Force commander from Unit 840 has died. This time he “fell from his roof” https://t.co/nmbswsvjZ6— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) June 3, 2022 … [Read more...] about IRGC Quds Force commander from Unit 840 has “fell from his roof”

Perhaps this lack of solidarity by a single member state to a otherwise common EU position should be met by individual boycotts by the rest. No bilateral visits, no invitations to HOMs meetings. The veto of sanctions on genocide-promoting Patriarch Kirill was the last straw. https://t.co/0lMp6E5HQn— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) June 2, 2022 … [Read more...] about Putin’s puppet Orban vetoed genocide-promoting Patriarch Kirill out of sanctions