The U.S. Treasury Department has designated the Russia-linked payment network A7 as a «major transnational criminal organization» and imposed sanctions on it. FinCEN, the department’s financial crimes enforcement unit, proposed banning U.S. financial institutions from making any transfers involving A7 subagents.

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The U.S. Treasury expanded sanctions against the A7 payment network, which Washington considers linked to Russian authorities. According to the agency, Iranian authorities used this network to bypass restrictions imposed on Iran, and the new measures restrict transfers related to the operations of A7 subagents.

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From January to July 2026, Hong Kong imported nearly 100 tons of gold from Russia — about three times more than in the same period a year earlier. This is a record figure.

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