Russian invasion of Ukraine

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greentricky

British lawyers were given government dispensation to bypass sanctions in order to help Yevgeny Prigozhin, the controversial Russian businessman and Wagner group founder, sue a journalist, according to documents made available to the website Open Democracy.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/24/uk-government-let-lawyers-bypass-sanctions-to-help-putin-ally-sue-journalist

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dau in reply to @greentricky

Somewhat similar to the way Russia abuses Interpol to hunt down or intimidate political opposition or journalists living abroad.

Just like Lithuania fucked up and handed over Bialiatski for Belarus in 2011.
https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1795643/ales-bialiatski-wins-nobel-peace-prize-a-decade-ago-he-was-imprisoned-over-lithuania-s-mistake

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