The Olympics are, in theory, a time when foreign policy should be put aside and world athletes simply compete in the probably vain hope that peaceful athletic games might have a spill-over effect into the stormier regions of international relations. …
This story is on some month-old news that I missed at the time of the announcement. But without much else going on right now, I thought it worthy of a belated mention. Back in December, OFAC designated Thieves in Law…
ABOVE: Nicolas Maduro Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in December announced his plans to have Venezuela issue a commodity-backed cryptocurrency. Although cryptocurrencies typically have no backing, there is no reason that they could not. In such a situation, the blockchain would…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), apparently concerned that its website is not quite entertaining enough, has rolled out a new feature, which we can call “When Lawyers Go Bad.” The purpose of this new feature is, apparently, to…
ABOVE: Ramzan Kadyrov & Cat Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the Chechen Republic, Putin toady, serial human rights violator, cat aficionado,* fashion victim and blocked person on the OFAC SDN List is upset that his Facebook account has been deleted. A…