Interpol has put out a red notice on six people linked to the unfolding FIFA bribery scandal, as the organization’s embattled president Sepp Blatter stepped down under intense international pressure.
Some of the first banks that streamed into Crimea after Russia wrested control of the region from Ukraine in 2014 were better known for laundering money than banking. Five of the banks have questionable histories, including ties to the US$ 20 billion money laundering scandal known as the Russian Laundromat revealed last year by OCCRP. Although most of these banks were small and barely known in Russia, they have grown significantly since arriving...
Northern Avenue was not built yet and the fountains located in republic square were being demolished. Yerevan was getting ready for its modern transformation. What I saw around me was both intriguing and exciting. I continued to return for the next few years and in 2011 I decided to focus my research on Yerevan and answer the question of how Yerevan had changed throughout its history and where it was heading.
“If things get better in terms of work, we won’t even think about returning to Syria, because Syria after the war won’t be the same as before. It lost its security and all its other good points. The best thing we had in Syria was security. I don’t believe that security will return.”
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