EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas was in Dublin this week as international pressure on Ireland and the EU to take action against the Russian-owned Limerick refinery ramps up.
Taoglas CEO Dermot O’Shea talks to The Currency about investigating how its parts were illicitly re-routed by bad actors to Russia, managing the fallout and moving on with its newest deal.
Tamboran’s acquisition of Falcon has been complicated by sanctioned shareholder Viktor Vekselberg but US authorities have issued a licence to “consummate” the deal.
Timaero is linked to sanctioned bank VEB and its case against Boeing goes back nearly seven years. The aircraft maker claims the lessor has repeatedly failed to comply with discovery.
The Louth-based company was pursuing a case against Siam Aero over $820,000 stolen by hackers who intercepted its email exchanges with the Thai dealer.
David O’Sullivan oversees how EU sanctions against Russia are devised. He speaks to The Currency about dealing with sanctions evasion and recent controversy with Aughinish Alumina.
U.S. and allies turn to tech, patrols and new routes to defend crucial underwater infrastructure against Russia and China, writes Mike Cherney, The Wall Street Journal.
Eighteen member states were reprimanded last year for delays in transposing the sanctions directive. Since then, several countries have moved ahead but Ireland lags behind.
Moscow wants to emulate China’s WeChat by having a one-stop app to dominate the internet and lock Western rivals out, write Matthew Luxmoore and Milàn Czerny, The Wall Street Journal.
Sanctioned Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg almost scuttled a major deal for the Irish-headquartered oil-and-gas explorer this week in a courtroom in Vancouver.
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