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Kyrgyz Banks Move $100 Million for Russian Sanctions Evasion Network

An investigation by The New York Times has identified Kyrgyzstan as a critical node in an international network designed to bypass Western sanctions on Russia. At the center of this operation is A7, a financial company linked to Ilan Shor, a Moldovan oligarch currently in exile in Russia. The $100 Million Conduit According to the report, the A7 network processed over $500 million in transactions within a four-month period last year. Of this tota…
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Ilan Shor would have become an important intermediary in the mechanism by which Russia bypasses Western sanctions and supplies its military industry. An investigation by The New York Times shows that a company linked to the fugitive oligarch has made transactions of hundreds of millions of dollars through an international network of front companies. Money would have been used even to buy the necessary components of Russian drones. Experts say th…

In just four months of 2025, a Russian company linked to a convicted fugitive Ilan Shore in Moldova conducted 500 million dollars in transactions, about $100 million of which went through Kyrgyz banks. According to the investigation of The New York Times, referred to by Anticorup.ie, the network was used to circumvent Western sanctions and purchase components for drones used by Russia in the war [...]

A Russian company linked to the convicted fugitive Ilan Shor carried out transactions of $500 million in just four months of 2025, of which about 100 million went through banks in Kyrgyzstan. According to an investigation The New York Times (NYT), cited by anti-corruption.md, the network was used to circumvent Western sanctions ... Article Investigation NYT: A company linked to Suro would have helped Russia circumvent sanctions and buy component…

A Russian company linked to the convicted fugitive Ilan Shor conducted transactions of $500 million in just four months of 2025, of which approximately 100 million went through banks in Kyrgyzstan. According to an investigation by The New York Times (NYT), cited by anti-corruption.md, the network was used to circumvent Western sanctions

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