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The Finnish authorities, acting on EU sanctions levied against Russian oligarchs and friends of the Kremlin in June, have seized the assets in Finland of Russian billionaire and Maltese-citizen-since-2016 Arkady Volozh. The Finns were acting on EU sanctions against Yandex founder Arkady Volozh, who acquired Maltese citizenship in 2016 through the highly contentious Individual Investor Programme, known as the cash-for-passport scheme. The Maltese-Russian… Source link

The Finnish authorities, acting on EU sanctions levied against Russian oligarchs and friends of the Kremlin in June, have seized the assets in Finland of Russian billionaire and Maltese-citizen-since-2016 Arkady Volozh. The Finns were acting on EU sanctions against Yandex founder Arkady Volozh, who acquired Maltese citizenship in 2016 through the highly contentious Individual Investor Programme, known as the cash-for-passport scheme. The Maltese-Russian… Source link

Google has temporarily disabled live traffic features offered by Google Maps in Ukraine to protect users’ safety as the country is invaded by neighboring Russia. The features use anonymous location data collected from Android smartphones to show where there are traffic delays on roads and which businesses and stores are busy. Experts say such data could offer insight into the progress of the invasion. One open source intelligence (OSINT) expert said he saw signs of the Russian invasion… Source link

Edelman’s Trust Barometer for 2022 revealed that the global level of trust in government and media is dropping. An annual online survey conducted in 28 countries and reaching over 36,000 respondents found that distrust in political institutions fell in 2021 across the world. Among the key findings of the report was the overall lower trust in world leaders and institutions around the world, with 67% of respondents saying they worry that journalists and reporters were “purposely trying to… Source link

In 1787, on the eve of the French Revolution, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Edward Carrington, dispatched to the Continental Congress, on the role of a free press. If he had to choose between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government,” Jefferson wrote, “I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” The founding father feared governments, including the one he helped design, would become predatory if unchecked by a knowledgeable citizenry. And here we are.

The Green Mile actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have been granted Greek citizenship. The couple were snapped on Saturday night with the Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, holding up their new Greek passports. According to the post from Mitsotakis, ‘@ritawilson @tomhanks are now proud Greek citizens!’ Read more: Tom Hanks has no respect for those who won’t wear masks Hanks and Wilson have long been regular visitors to Greece – Wilson’s mother is Greek, and was raised on the… Source link