A look behind the curtain at the financial dimension of Russia’s attempts to undermine Moldova’s 2024 presidential election and EU referendum.

CFS Director Tom Keatinge speaks with Veronica Dragalin, former Chief Anti-Corruption Prosecutor in Moldova, who had a front row seat as the country confronted the reality of Russia’s attempts to subvert the 2024 presidential election and EU referendum via large scale illicit money flows into the country.

How the compliance systems of financial institutions have adapted in response to post-2022 trade restrictions on Russia.

CFS Director Tom Keatinge speaks with CFS Associate Fellow Olivia Allison and Jinesh Amin, a financial crime specialist at Quantexa. They discuss the latest CFS policy brief co-authored by Olivia which looks at how banks have responded to the ever-mounting expectations placed on them by governments in their effort to restrict the funding, and importantly resourcing, of the Russian military.

Sanctions have become the go-to policy tool of our times, yet the lessons of the past are often forgotten by those at the centre of the world's stage today.

CFS Director Tom Keatinge speaks with Eddie Fishman, a former US State Department sanctions official, about his new book ‘Chokepoints.’ Eddie gives a behind the scenes account of how the power of the US dollar and US-dominated financial and trade systems have been harnessed to support the projection of US foreign policy, and what lessons this 25-year episode of history holds for today’s policymakers.