Event 596

{
  "category": "InfoOps",
  "confidence": "High",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "description": "An investigative report reveals that Russia’s elites, oligarchs, and military contractors are using Latvia, particularly Riga, as a hub to quietly dodge international sanctions. Latvian real estate transactions, business registrations, and financial maneuvers facilitate this evasion. The report details cases of prominent Russian figures obtaining property and conducting business activities in Latvia despite sanctions. This circumvention undermines sanction efforts aimed at Russia amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions and conflicts. Latvian authorities are implicated in this complex network enabling sanction evasion, raising concerns about the effectiveness of sanctions enforcement in the Baltic region.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-10-05T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline: “Canned goods” from Riga: Russia’s elites, oligarchs, and military contractors are quietly dodging sanctions in Latvia",
    "Article body details how Russian sanctioned individuals use Latvian companies and real estate to continue business",
    "Multiple photos and documentation of businessmen, properties, and official registry data support the claims",
    "Author: Sergei Ezhov, investigative reporter for The Insider",
    "Others in the article mention Latvia directly as the key location"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "evidence": [
          "Headline: “Canned goods” from Riga: Russia’s elites, oligarchs, and military contractors are quietly dodging sanctions in Latvia",
          "Article body details how Russian sanctioned individuals use Latvian companies and real estate to continue business",
          "Multiple photos and documentation of businessmen, properties, and official registry data support the claims",
          "Author: Sergei Ezhov, investigative reporter for The Insider",
          "Others in the article mention Latvia directly as the key location"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "ScreenshotOne capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_596_1764196310_d3ba0761.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1.0,
  "url": "https://theins.ru/en/politics/275067"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LV",
  "Attack Type": "Sanctions evasion",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "5-Oct-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "https://theins.ru/en/politics/275067",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "??Russian sanctions dodging via ??Latvia",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Exploitation of Riga logistics",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}