Financial Times: A vast leak from inside A7, a Moscow-backed fintech company, shows that Rosneft-connected traders supplied more than $2bn in vital hard currency to the group, which has paid for battlefield supplies and other imports to Russia.
The documents expose the inner workings of the A7 payment network, which was founded by fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor with extensive Russian state backing. They also explain how Moscow is able to access the currencies needed to participate in the world economy…