Russia targets British 17-year-old for alleging digital assets were skirting sanctions
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Russia is targeting a 17-year-old British student for a report alleging digital assets were skirting sanctions, with the teenager's father, Bill Browder, calling him the first high school student in the world to be sanctioned by an authoritarian regime, highlighting the regime's aggressive pursuit of online critics and potential chilling effect on free speech in the crypto space.
Political activist Bill Browder, the teenager’s father, said his son was “the first high school student in the world to be sanctioned by an authoritarian regime” over a report on the ruble-pegged stablecoin A7A5.