Tag: Latvia
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Interview with John Christmas (Part 2)
This is the second part of the interview with John Christmas, author of KGB Banker along with William Burton McCormick. In this second part of the interview, John speaks about current EU sanctions on Russia, the effects and results of EU banking regulation on money laundering and organised crime, and also about the fall-out or…
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Impressive how Valdis Dombrovskis got away with it
Yesterday, I continued the interview with John Christmas, the author of the best-selling thriller-novel, KGB Banker, and will be publishing the interview later on today. John Christmas worked at Parex Bank, one of Latvia’s major banks until he blew the whistle on the bank’s large-scale practices of fraud, and money laundering and its connections to…
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Interview with John Christmas (Part 1)
This is the first interview with John Christmas, author of KGB Banker, co-authored with William Burton McCormick. I’m currently promoting KGB Banker as part of Dar Camilleri’s collection and the reason why I chose this book is the importance of the author’s story on which he bases his novel. John explains more in the interview…
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Latvian Prime Minister’s Krišjānis Kariņš Russian connection
Those of us who live in Western Europe have come to know the leaders of the Baltic states due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The little-known Baltics, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have become famous for their strong support of Ukraine. Being neighbours to Russia, the Baltics have a long history and experience of Russian…
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Russia’s European Ambassador: Olaf Scholz
Backed by his satellite incumbent at the European Commission, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is fighting Lithuania to open up its borders with Kaliningrad and allow the free passage of goods from the European Union. Germany seems to be the biggest exporter of goods to the Kaliningrad region. Latvia and Lithuania are accusing Germany and France…
