#Sanctions

Six countries on  NATO ’s eastern flank, including Ukraine, are pulling out of the Ottawa Treaty and reintroducing landmines along 2,150 miles of border—what some are calling a new “Iron Curtain” against the growing threat of Russian invasion.

A top Russian academic and microelectronics expert has been implicated in a major sanctions-evasion scheme that funneled US-made chips into Russia’s military supply chain, including components used in Su-34 and Su-35 fighter jets deployed in the war against Ukraine.