Hacker News with Generative AI: Oligarchs

Russian Oligarch Held Stake in SpaceX Through Trust While He Was Sanctioned (bloomberg.com)
A Russian senator who is one of the country’s richest men held a stake in Elon Musk-led SpaceX via a trust even after he was sanctioned by the first Trump administration, exposing gaps in the enforcement of rules intended to target elites who enable Kremlin policies, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
SpaceX, Sanctions, Russia, Oligarchs, Politics
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A Major U.S. Defense Investor Has Links to Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs (forbes.com)
Venture capital firm 8VC, which has invested in U.S. defense contractors like Palantir and Anduril, employs two children of sanctioned Russian oligarchs, Forbes has learned, at a time when the U.S. government is increasingly concerned about the proximity of foreign adversaries to Silicon Valley.
Venture Capital, Russia, Defense, Oligarchs, United States
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