The US is pressuring the biggest Western bank in Russia to cancel a $1.6 billion industrial investment

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America has a McGonigal problem

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Blue Charles McGonigal, three times
The FBI chose McGonigal to be one of the top grandmasters of the counterintelligence game. And yet somehow, Russian associates turned him into their pawn, prosecutors said.

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The case of Charles McGonigal is bigger than one corrupt FBI agent.

In fact, it's bigger than the entire FBI.

An oligarch who predicted that Russia may run out of money next year is surprised the economy has held up so far

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Vladimir Putin and Oleg Deripaska.
Composite image of Vladimir Putin and Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska.

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