Russia sanctions British teenager for alleging A7A5 use in funding Ukraine war
Summary
Russia imposed sanctions on 17-year-old Alexander Browder after he helped expose the alleged use of the ruble-pegged stablecoin A7A5 to support Russia’s war effort against Ukraine. Browder wrote a report for the Henry Jackson Society that Russian officials called defamatory and false. He was sanctioned alongside three other U.K. nationals and Washington Post reporter Catherine Belton. Browder said on X that the sanction was “a badge of honour.” A7A5 was created to help bypass sanctions placed on Russia after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
