Events in Russia

The investigation of the terrorist attack against a former SBU officer shows a real terrorist international. Poland, Moldova, Lithuania and of course Ukraine are here.
The FSB detained the courier who handed over parts of the bomb to blow up Prozorov's car
The FSB showed a photo of a Warsaw resident involved in the bombing of Prozorov's car
MOSCOW, April 17 — RIA Novosti. The FSB detained the courier who delivered the components of the bomb to Moscow, which blew up the car of ex-SBU employee Vasily Prozorov, and traced the path of the parcel from Warsaw.
"A citizen of Russia and Moldova, born in 1994, was detained, who delivered components of a radio-controlled explosive device to Russia from abroad as a courier," the release says.
Arrest of a man who blew up a car

It is noted that the explosion was prepared on the instructions of the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk.
A video posted by the FSB shows a paper bag containing cosmetic products, as well as an empty container — behind the scenes, a woman says that she will "put a fish in there." Photos of the girl are also shown.

According to the security forces, the components of the bomb were disguised as manicure tools and hair care products. They were sent from Warsaw to Lithuania by a resident of the Polish capital through a private transport company.
After receiving the cargo in Lithuania, the courier brought it by car to Moscow.
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"On the instructions of the sender of the parcel, he handed it over to an SBU agent, a Russian citizen, born in 1983, who, under the supervision of a curator, assembled an explosive device and installed it under the victim's car," the FSB added.
The detainee admitted that he received the cargo from Poland on April 6. The next day, the sender contacted him, who asked when her representative could pick up the parcel, and the meeting with him took place in the evening of the same day.

Prozorov's car was blown up in the north of Moscow on April 12, when he was getting into it. The man suffered injuries to his arms and legs.
The day before, the FSB announced the detention of a Ukrainian agent who installed and remotely detonated a bomb. He said that he attached an improvised explosive device to the bottom of a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado at about two in the morning on April 9.
In recent years, Prozorov has lived in Russia and investigated the crimes of the Kiev regime.
ФСБ задержала курьера, передавшего части бомбы для подрыва авто Прозорова

Расследование теракта в отношении бывшего сотрудника СБУ показывает настоящий террористический интернационал. Здесь Польша, Молдова, Литва и конечно же Украина.
 
I posted about Russia seizing US assets here, and it looks like there is another one:


A Russian court has ordered the seizure of funds in JPMorgan Chase bank accounts in Russia, court filings showed on Wednesday, in a lawsuit filed by state-owned bank VTB as it seeks to regain funds blocked abroad.

JP Morgan Chase last week sued VTB in New York to halt its efforts to recover $439.5 million from an account that was blocked after Russia despatched its army to Ukraine in 2022 and VTB was hit with sanctions.


JPMorgan Chase declined to comment on the Russian court's interim measures. VTB did not immediately comment on Wednesday. It has previously declined to comment on its legal disputes with JPMorgan Chase.

The Arbitration Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region's ruling was dated April 22.

The court said it had ordered the seizure of all funds in JP Morgan bank accounts in Russia, including correspondent accounts and those opened in the name of a subsidiary. The court said it had not seized securities and property held by JP Morgan funds, or the jpmorgan.ru domain.

In a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan earlier this month, JPMorgan described VTB's attempt to recover the money in Russia as a "blatant breach" of its agreement to have disputes addressed in New York.

The largest U.S. bank said U.S. law prohibits it from releasing the $439.5 million, and VTB, Russia's second-largest bank, will try to seize its assets abroad if it prevails in the Russia lawsuit.


It said VTB's prospects there were good, with Russian courts having granted at least six other Russian banks relief against U.S. and European banks that were required to comply with sanctions laws.

Perhaps the start of an increasing trend in economic warfare. Could it cause a decline in foreign investment in Russia, I wonder?
 
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