Volga-Dnepr, a Russian cargo carrier sanctioned in the West, failed to get sanctions lifted in Canada. Authorities there have seized a plane that is linked to an Irish subsidiary.
AerCap revealed that, after four years of war in Ukraine, its total recoveries from Russian airlines and insurers has reached $3bn – but the mission to recoup funds is far from over.
The oligarch at the centre of the controversy around Aughinish Alumina, Rusal and its links to Russia failed in a recent bid in the European courts to overturn sanctions against him.
As Micheál Martin delivered his speech to the European Parliament about Ireland’s presidency, MEPs were asking questions about the Russian-owned alumina plant and its exports to Russia. Jonathan Keane reports from Strasbourg.
The sanctioned oligarch and Rusal are facing a new lawsuit in the UK by other shareholders hit by sanctions. It’s the latest in a series of disputes among them running more than a decade.
As Ireland takes on the EU presidency, the Government’s financial crime assessment finds the country's critical sectors are not immune from bad actors and clandestine operations attempting to evade EU sanctions.
Rusal and its sanctioned shareholder Oleg Deripaska are no strangers to courtrooms in several countries, from Jersey to Qatar and Russia to Australia.
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.
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