President Joe Biden thanked Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for securing the release of American citizen Tigran Gambaryan, a former U.S. law enforcement official and Binance employee, on humanitarian grounds. Gambaryan spent eight months in Nigerian detention, where his deteriorating health and alleged mistreatment by prison officials sparked widespread calls for his release. During his imprisonment,…
Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and former federal agent detained in Nigeria for eight months, has been released. The charges against him, brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, were dropped. The release of the Binance executive from one of Nigeria’s notorious prisons followed intense lobbying by U.S. politicians who were urging the Biden…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has backed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks about the negative effects of U.S. sanctions on the dollar and the American economy. Lavrov agreed that sanctions imposed by the Biden administration have weakened the dollar’s global reserve status. He further noted a global shift towards dedollarization, led by nations like…