Esteben Harguindeguy🇺🇦

Conseiller Syndical au SQEES-298. Président du Conseil Régional FTQ Laurentides-Lanaudière. Fier papa de deux merveilles et conjoint de Super Maman...!!!

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Alexander Browder, a 17-year-old London teenager, has become Russia's youngest ever sanctions target. He has built a database exposing the crypto networks helping Russia and other rogue states dodge Western sanctions.

In March, @Alexbrowder_ published a report for the Henry Jackson Society think tank, describing money-laundering mechanisms involving cryptocurrencies and estimating the scale of such operations by Russia, Iran, and North Korea at around $350 billion.

▪️ Cryptocurrency as a sanctions-evasion tool

A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to a stable asset. This may be a currency, such as the ruble. This avoids the sharp price fluctuations typical of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, making the token convenient for payments and transfers.

According to Alexander Browder, this stability made the A7A5 stablecoin a useful instrument for sanctions evasion. The ruble-pegged token allowed payments to be conducted outside the banking system, which has been blocked for Russia by Western sanctions.

Alexander described A7A5 as one of the West's biggest challenges in the fight against money laundering. According to the British Foreign Office, more than $90 billion passed through the stablecoin network linked to the token in the past year alone.

That figure is comparable to roughly half of Russia's annual military spending. In late May, London imposed sanctions on 18 platforms in several countries, accusing them of creating shadow financial systems to circumvent restrictions.

▪️ Russia's response

On June 2, the Russian foreign ministry added Browder and four other British citizens to its sanctions list. They were accused of "slander and spreading false information." The teenager was banned from entering Russia.

Browder himself took the move calmly. According to him, the sanctions have become a badge of honor and proof that his investigation has "touched a nerve."

By the way, Alexander is the son of financier and human rights advocate William Browder @Billbrowder, CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital. His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in a Russian prison in 2009 after exposing a major tax fraud scheme. Browder Sr. is an outspoken critic of Putin and the initiator of the Magnitsky Act.

According to Alexander, it was his father's story that inspired him to pursue investigations. He believes that today's schemes for financing war through cryptocurrencies require a new, younger generation of analysts.

📹: DW

[MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA]

🇭🇳🇺🇦 Honduras plans to buy Ukrainian drones to combat drug trafficking and protect its borders.

[Rick Scott @SenRickScott]

We cannot afford to forget that the Iranian regime is evil.

Iran is still murdering its own citizens when they dare stand up for freedom.

They are terrorist thugs who rule through fear and violence.

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

Nawrocki flew to Moscow for secret meetings with the Kremlin.
He tried to cover up the entire trip but failed.
The details of his deal with the Russian fascists are still unknown.
Poland, this is your president.

[Active Patriot @ActivePatriotUK]

🚨 SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING

South Yorkshire's Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Kilvinder Vigurs, confirmed that South Yorkshire Police is conducting a full review into the incident. Footage shared widely on social media shows several police officers aggressively dismantling a group of teenage girls, believed to be school leavers, in Rawmarsh, Rotherham.

[Breanna Morello @BreannaMorello]

This should get you a lifetime ban from all MLB games.

[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

More details are coming in hot about that burning factory in Voronezh, Russia, and honestly, this is an absolute disaster for Moscow.. 💥🔥Turns out the Ukrainian Air Force used high-precision cruise missiles (reportedly British Storm Shadows) to hit the VZPP-S semiconductor plant during broad daylight. This isn't just any regular factory; it’s a critical bottleneck in the Russian military-industrial complex. This specific plant manufactures the vital microcircuits, diodes, and transistor arrays needed for the onboard computers of Russia’s air-defense systems, Pantsir-S1, and cruise missiles like the Iskander-K and Kh-101. Basically, the only high-tech stuff Russia actually manages to produce domestically these days. Since international sanctions have already made it a nightmare for Moscow to source microchips abroad, this factory was their ultimate lifeline. Ukraine's new strategy of targeting the chip factories directly instead of just shooting down the missiles over the front line is pure tactical genius. Good luck replacing those sophisticated weapons now that your main chip manufacturing hub is currently a massive pile of burning ash. 🍿 Peak performance by the Russian air defense! 😂 Source: Official operational updates from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and independent OSINT analysis (June 22, 2026) regarding the strike on the Voronezh semiconductor plant.

[NEDU @Nedu_brazil01]

Norway 🇳🇴 fans taught the Senegal 🇸🇳 fans the Viking row after their World Cup match against each other ❤️……This is what football is about 😭❤️

[Gaspard Skoda @Gaspard_Skoda]

Je me demandais pourquoi ce militant d’Éric Duhaime avait effacé tout son historique sur X d’avant juin 2026.

Je comprends maintenant pourquoi.

Avait-il tant de choses à cacher ?

[Yann Personne @YannPers]

Toujours hallucinant de voir la vitesse avec laquelle tant de gens se précipitent sur un drame pour le spinner politiquement selon leur cause fétiche, que ce soit en l'absence d'information ou alors en tordant celle disponible.

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

The Olympian that touched the reflecting pool water was held for 5 hours & never read his Miranda rights.

This is what the "Don't tread on me" Republicans have turned America into.

[Patrick Skinner @SkinnerPm]

We are the dumbest country in the universe. This is a twice-elected president speaking here.

[Media Oriente @MediaOriente]

🇨🇷 Costa Rica detienen a un hombre vinculado con la organización terrorista Hamás.

[IB THE GAMBLER 🔌 @incarceratedbob]

#NHLRumors Canadiens and Ducks are still discussing what it would take to get deal done for McTavish.. price is still high as of now for #Habs liking - Flyers and Senators also heavily involved.

Montreal is listening on Kirby Darch so far (3 teams involved) still waiting on offers but that’s something to watch ..

Watch that #Stars Jason Robertson situation.. it’s complicated but 👀 stay alert Montreal

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

Proof that Trump is a blatant liar.

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

Chris Hayes: You were detained for 5 hours during this arrest?

Hearn: Yes. I was in the lockup. I was photographed, fingerprinted, and not allow to make a phone call. No, nobody knew I was there. I was held that whole time, was never read my rights.

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

Ana Navarro just delivered one of the sharpest one-liners about Trump:

"It looks just as green as the envy he has for Barack Obama."

Too harsh—or spot on? 👇

[New York Post Sports @nypostsports]

Norway's viking row chant has to be in the discussion for best chant in all of sports.

[Étienne G. Parent @parent727521]

C'est moi ou le chef du parti vert dit toujours des débilités ?

[Ford News @FordJohnathan5]

BREAKINGNEWS Trump lied by claiming the vandalism was done by a knife and the contractors aren't at fault. Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has 24 hour live feed. There is no evidence of any such claim. Trump should be held accountable for lying. 🚨