Konstantin Malofeev, the founder of the Tsargrad TV channel, said that he is trying to recover about $10 million invested in March 2014 in shares of the Texas banking holding Strategic Growth Bancorp. According to him, after US sanctions, the investments were blocked and then converted and confiscated by the American authorities.

#JoeBiden #KonstantinMalofeev #MerrikGarland #InvestigativeCommitteeoftheRussianFederation #USA #Constantinople

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The American-Ukrainian investment fund has closed its first deal in the mineral extraction sector. It involves about $30 million in investments in a joint platform with BGV Group in Ukraine.

#BGVGroup #DFC #GennadyButkevich #rareearthmetals #USA #Ukraine

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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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A China-linked hacking group sent emails in the names of American artificial intelligence specialists, including a former White House official, in an effort to gain access to the email accounts of AI experts from think tanks, universities, and other organizations. This is stated in a report by the U.S. cybersecurity company Proofpoint, Reuters reports.

#Proofpoint #TA419 #WhiteHouse #ArtificialIntelligence #China #USA

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Russia’s Minister of Economic Development, Maxim Reshetnikov, arrived in the USA to take part in the G20 trade ministers’ meeting. The meeting will take place on September 30 — October 1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

#g20 #MaximReshetnikov #MinistryofEconomicDevelopmentoftheRussianFederation #USA #Economy

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Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin is not discussing with the US authorities easing sanctions against Russia in exchange for the release of political prisoners. He said that Moscow categorically denies the existence of political prisoners.

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The United States has officially completed Operation «Inherent Resolve» in Iraq, according to a statement from the U.S. Pentagon press secretary. The organized withdrawal of coalition forces and equipment from the Erbil air base in Iraq marked the end of the 12-year mission.

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El Mundo reported that U.S. authorities uncovered a network of Russian intelligence services in mid-September, and that in recent months Garry Kasparov, Ilya Ponomarev, and Ivan Tyutrin received warnings about planned assassination attempts. According to the newspaper, possible targets of this network also included Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ruslan Gabbasov.

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In Utah, Douglas Stuart Carter will be released on bail after DNA analysis did not match samples found at the scene of Eva Olesen’s murder. Carter was sentenced to death in 1985.

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The White House proposed appointing U.S. envoy to Belarus John Cole as special representative for hostage affairs with the rank of ambassador. Cole’s name is included in the list of nominations for government positions that Donald Trump’s administration sent to the Senate.

#AlexandrLukashenko #Belarus #WhiteHouse #DzhonKoul #senate #USA

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On Monday, the book by American journalist Evan Gershkovich, This Cursed Beautiful Land, appeared in U.S. bookstores. In it, the former Moscow correspondent for The Wall Street Journal рассказывает how, as a result of a provocation, he ended up as a hostage of the FSB, was sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges, and was released only thanks to an international prisoner exchange. The circumstances of this story are strikingly reminiscent of a Russian-American spy scandal from 40 years ago, which was resolved thanks to the intervention of Gorbachev and Reagan.

#documentaryprose #journalists #historyoftheSovietspecialservices #KGBoftheUSSR #Putin #repressions #Russia #securityforces #USA #FSB #cia #EvanGershkovich

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Donald Trump approved the idea of easing American sanctions against Russia in exchange for the release of some Russian political prisoners, The Atlantic пишет. The initiative is at an early stage: the specific individuals involved and the list of possible sanctions concessions have not yet been disclosed.

#AlexandrLukashenko #VladimirZelensky #DonaldTrump #politicalprisoners #Russia #sanctions #USA #Ukraine

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Tennessee has scheduled the execution of Krista Pike, who was convicted of murdering her classmate Colleen Slemmer, for September 30. If the execution takes place, it will be the first time a woman has been executed in the state since 1820.

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SpaceX впервые вывела космический корабль Starship на орбиту Земли в 14-м испытательном полете, сообщает CNN. После старта с космодрома Starbase в Техасе, США, с корабля на орбиту вывели 26 спутников Starlink.

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Donald Trump said that talks between the US and Iran on ending the conflict could take place as early as next week. This was reported on Sunday by Interfax, citing the American publication Axios.

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China and the US agreed to mutual tariff reductions worth $30 billion following the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States. According to China’s Foreign Ministry, the sides also extended the bilateral trade truce, known as the «Busan Agreement», until January 10, 2027.

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OpenAI said that its AI agents, during a review of undesirable model behavior, unexpectedly interacted with several U.S. government websites. Transluce separately recorded a failed attempt to attack the U.S. Department of Education website, and the department said the review found no impact on the website or databases.

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates said in an NBC News interview that uncontrolled development of artificial intelligence could lead to «a billion deaths». He also called for AI to be tightly regulated at the legislative level.

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November Brent futures fell to $104.96 per barrel on the London ICE Futures exchange on Friday afternoon. Oil is declining amid reports of a possible deal between the U.S. and Iran and tensions in the Middle East.

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Amnesty International called for ICE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — to be abolished immediately after a report on widespread human rights violations in the agency’s operations in the US. The organization says it documented racial discrimination, arbitrary detentions, and unlawful use of force.

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