🇸🇾🇷🇺 - The Syrian Central Bank transferred $250 million in cash to Moscow over the past two years, as part of a debt to the Kremlin in exchange for military support.
Relatives of Syrian officials were also reported to have been purchasing assets in Russia.
🇸🇾🇷🇺 - The Syrian Central Bank transferred $250 million in cash to Moscow over the past two years, as part of a debt to the Kremlin in exchange for military support.
Relatives of Syrian officials were also reported to have been purchasing assets in Russia.
Stocks closed in the red Friday as investors weighed upbeat remarks from Russian President Vladimir Putin about diplomatic discussions with Ukraine against a weaker-than-expected print on U.S. consumer sentiment. "The argument from Telegram is, 'You should trust us because we tell you that we're trustworthy,'" Maréchal said. "It's really in the eye of the beholder whether that's something you want to buy into." "Your messages about the movement of the enemy through the official chatbot … bring new trophies every day," the government agency tweeted. Additionally, investors are often instructed to deposit monies into personal bank accounts of individuals who claim to represent a legitimate entity, and/or into an unrelated corporate account. To lend credence and to lure unsuspecting victims, perpetrators usually claim that their entity and/or the investment schemes are approved by financial authorities. In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so.
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