The Centre for Finance and Security (CFS) at RUSI

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🚨New commentary alert! @NeilBarnett warns that crypto-enabled money laundering could expand the “attack surface” for election interference – and that the UK can’t just copy-paste old political finance rules onto crypto donations.

Read the article here: https://t.co/1cnnkJeOH3

And more on our crypto donations work: https://t.co/jrneWxupto

@rowenamason @beckyrmorton @DavidPBMaddox @masonboyo @tomburgis

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The answer? We need a time-limited moratorium, not a ban, on crypto donations – a pause to build the safeguards our democracy needs.

@keatingetom @Masonboyowen

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Everyone is asking: “Should political parties accept crypto donations?”

Wrong question.

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If the UK can’t reliably trace fiat donations today, we definitely can’t detect crypto-enabled influence tomorrow.

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💥 How useful is the FATF Terrorist Financing Typologies Report?

Host @keatingetom, along with CFS Associate Fellows
@JessMarinDavis and Stephen Reimer discuss.

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Get in touch if you want to know more!

@annairrera @bspeed8 @strack_ben @CatNeilan @emilyjnicolle @MsHannahMurphy @PickardJE @josiahmortimer @kiranstacey @LucyGJWhite @OKnightCrypto @rowenamason @Sebsinclair1989 @_simonchandler_ @williamheasman /END

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New project alert: 'Cryptocurrencies in UK Politics' will benchmark the UK’s current and proposed digital political finance frameworks against international practice, highlight vulnerabilities, propose targeted reforms. Generously funded by @JRRT1904 https://t.co/sTre6PdhWE 1/3

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The project will be supported by a series of events, with its findings published in a research report next year.

💡 But here are some first thoughts for the @FinancialTimes this week (£): https://t.co/zXhQE8jXRg 2/3

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Get in touch if you are interested in hearing more about our work: @thomas_m_wilson, @OilSheppard, @polinaivanovva, @xtophercook, @JavierBlas, @JLeeEnergy, @SamChambers, @apsyrtus, @NilsenThomas, @skaalmo, @jacopobarigazzi, @victor__jack, @gabrielcsgavin, @LloydsList, @tradewindsnews, @Splash_247, @Mar_Ex, @ShippingWatch

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As @POLITICOEurope reports, the EU is stepping up its focus on Russia's shadow fleet: https://t.co/945CuWdBWv

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..and recently published a study on how flag registries can play a greater role in securing the integrity of maritime sanctions: https://t.co/wAAWzFy0BU

@keatingetom @gonzalosaizer

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New #STRpodcast: Crypto and Sanctions Circumvention

@elisethoma5 @Cen4infoRes speaks with @keatingetom about her new report detailing the murky world of A7 and its rouble-backed stablecoin ‘A7/A5’.

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@Radix_UK Thanks Radix! We look forward to examining this critical issue.

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New #STR Podcast: Economic Statecraft and Economic Security in Global Affairs

Kimberly Donovan @KDonovan_AC @AtlanticCouncil, talks to host @redlowska about the important differences between economic security and economic statecraft.

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The EU’s 19th sanctions package against Russia risks symbolism over strategy without real enforcement, warns @redlowska, head of @CFS_RUSI at @RUSIEurope, in our interview.

Read the full Q&A by Margherita Dalla Vecchia: https://t.co/lzcIhFwLdP

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New #STR - Strategising the Use of Sanctions: in Conversation with @wallyadeyemo

The former US Deputy Treasury Secretary speaks with host @keatingetom and argues that the effective use of sanctions requires clear objectives and outcomes, multilateral coordination, and rigorous enforcement, and that their overuse can have unintended consequences.

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