It’s remarkable that Russia isn’t already on the FATF blacklist alongside North Korea and Iran. Just ask the CEO of Germany’s biggest arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, whom Russia plotted to kill, or consider the Russian bomb plots thwarted by the postal services in the U.K. and Germany. MI5 and its German equivalent have also recently flagged Russia’s growing terrorist threat.Russia continues to violate sanctions and encourages others to do the same. As reported by the Financial Times and others, shadow fleets are circumventing sanctions with Russia’s support.Opinion: Moldova’s EU integration referendum hangs in the balance, highlighting the dangers of oversimplificationMoldovans headed to the polls on Oct. 20 to elect their next head of state and vote on the future of the country’s European Union integration.

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