Silicon Curtain | Casey Michel - Is Putin Retooling His Regime to Support 'Eternal Warfare' & Confrontation with West? @SiliconCurtain | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
“A toxic flood of dark money has given billionaires and special interests a powerful way to rig the system secretly in their favour…” These are the words of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, ahead of a debate in the US Congress around the Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. But this phrase could equally be applied to the UK, where Russian Oligarchs and dark money interests have been able to cleanse their ill-gotten gains for decades through the London financial laundromat. Londongrad is the phrase coined to describe the high presence of Russians in the United Kingdom, especially in reference to Russian money in London, permeating its service sector and securing political influence.
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Casey Michel is head of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, focusing on how dictators and autocrats use illicit finance and dirty money to remain in power. He’s the author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY, on America's transformation into an offshore haven. His new book, FOREIGN AGENTS, will examine the explosion of the foreign lobbying industry in Washington, and how that industry has helped entrench dictatorships and upend American foreign policy. FOREIGN AGENTS will be published in 2024.
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LINKS:
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https://x.com/cjcmichel
linkedin.com/in/caseymichel
rusi.org/people/michel
hudson.org/experts/1381-casey-michel
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BOOKS:
read.macmillan.com/lp/american-kleptocracy
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History (2021)
Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World (2024)
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ARTICLES:
foreignpolicy.com/author/casey-michel
theatlantic.com/author/casey-michel
FOREIGN POLICY
How Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Became Putin’s Spiritual Guru
April 7, 2024
Russia’s Opposition Needs More Than One Savior
March 1, 2024
Russia’s Crimean Red Line Has Been Erased
October 4, 2023
How to Stop Former Western Leaders From Becoming Paid Shills for Autocrats
February 15, 2022
Kazakhstan’s Border With Russia Is Suddenly an Open Question Again
January 6, 2022
How Delaware Became the World’s Biggest Offshore Haven
November 19, 2021
The Fatal Flaw in the West’s Fight Against Autocracy
October 6, 2021
America’s Money Lost the Afghan War
September 13, 2021
Biden Might Stop a Sanctions Revolution
August 24, 2021
Oligarchs’ Favorite U.S. Visa Might Not Last
July 16, 2021
THE ATLANTIC
We’ve Never Seen Anything Like the Menendez Indictment - The case against the New Jersey senator has the potential to reshape how America deals with foreign agents.
Casey Michel - October 26, 2023
Make Russia Pay - The West has already frozen some $300 billion in Russian assets. Here’s the case for seizing them.
Casey Michel - May 28, 2023
Decolonize Russia - To avoid more senseless bloodshed, the Kremlin must lose what empire it still retains.
Casey Michel - May 27, 2022
How the West Undermines Its Own Sanctions - The Western sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been far broader than many experts anticipated. But there’s a catch.
Casey Michel - March 9, 2022
The United States of Dirty Money - How landlocked South Dakota became one of the world’s hottest destinations for offshore funds.
Casey Michel - October 5, 2021
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Save Ukraine
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Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
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UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine
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Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
heroiamslava.org
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl
kharpp.com
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
nor-dog.org/home
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“A toxic flood of dark money has given billionaires and special interests a powerful way to rig the system secretly in their favour…” These are the words of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, ahead of a debate in the US Congress around the Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. But this phrase could equally be applied to the UK, where Russian Oligarchs and dark money interests have been able to cleanse their ill-gotten gains for decades through the London financial laundromat. Londongrad is the phrase coined to describe the high presence of Russians in the United Kingdom, especially in reference to Russian money in London, permeating its service sector and securing political influence.
----------
Casey Michel is head of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, focusing on how dictators and autocrats use illicit finance and dirty money to remain in power. He’s the author of AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY, on America's transformation into an offshore haven. His new book, FOREIGN AGENTS, will examine the explosion of the foreign lobbying industry in Washington, and how that industry has helped entrench dictatorships and upend American foreign policy. FOREIGN AGENTS will be published in 2024.
----------
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
LINKS:
caseymichel.com
https://x.com/cjcmichel
linkedin.com/in/caseymichel
rusi.org/people/michel
hudson.org/experts/1381-casey-michel
----------
BOOKS:
read.macmillan.com/lp/american-kleptocracy
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History (2021)
Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World (2024)
----------
ARTICLES:
foreignpolicy.com/author/casey-michel
theatlantic.com/author/casey-michel
FOREIGN POLICY
How Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Became Putin’s Spiritual Guru
April 7, 2024
Russia’s Opposition Needs More Than One Savior
March 1, 2024
Russia’s Crimean Red Line Has Been Erased
October 4, 2023
How to Stop Former Western Leaders From Becoming Paid Shills for Autocrats
February 15, 2022
Kazakhstan’s Border With Russia Is Suddenly an Open Question Again
January 6, 2022
How Delaware Became the World’s Biggest Offshore Haven
November 19, 2021
The Fatal Flaw in the West’s Fight Against Autocracy
October 6, 2021
America’s Money Lost the Afghan War
September 13, 2021
Biden Might Stop a Sanctions Revolution
August 24, 2021
Oligarchs’ Favorite U.S. Visa Might Not Last
July 16, 2021
THE ATLANTIC
We’ve Never Seen Anything Like the Menendez Indictment - The case against the New Jersey senator has the potential to reshape how America deals with foreign agents.
Casey Michel - October 26, 2023
Make Russia Pay - The West has already frozen some $300 billion in Russian assets. Here’s the case for seizing them.
Casey Michel - May 28, 2023
Decolonize Russia - To avoid more senseless bloodshed, the Kremlin must lose what empire it still retains.
Casey Michel - May 27, 2022
How the West Undermines Its Own Sanctions - The Western sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been far broader than many experts anticipated. But there’s a catch.
Casey Michel - March 9, 2022
The United States of Dirty Money - How landlocked South Dakota became one of the world’s hottest destinations for offshore funds.
Casey Michel - October 5, 2021
----------
TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
saveukraineua.org
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
superhumans.com/en
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
heroiamslava.org
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl
kharpp.com
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
nor-dog.org/home
----------
PLATFORMS:
Twitter: twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: instagram.com/siliconcurtain
Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan
Patreon: patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
