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Media Commentary

“The key elements of the sanctioned oil trade system between Iran and China are Chinese teapots, shadow fleet tankers, and small Chinese banks with limited international exposure.”

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-Maia Nikoladze, Interview with BBC World Service

“Russian oligarchs have quite an experience in creating complex ownership structures and disguising their connection to property.”

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- Maia Nikoladze, Interview with NPR Morning Edition

“The foreign agent law is broad and vague enough that we don’t know how the Georgian Dream would weaponize it against potentially opposing voices ahead of the elections.”

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- Maia Nikoladze, Interview with BBC Podcast The Inquiry

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  1. Nikoladze’s piece on Georgian Dream’s connections with the Russia-China-Iran camp was cited by Washington Post and Handelsblatt. 
     

  2. Nikoladze interviewed by Global News Canada on protests in Georgia in response to Georgian Dream’s suspension of EU accession. 
     

  3. Nikoladze’s commentary on yuan-denominated trade between Russia and China was featured by Deutsche Welle.
     

  4. Nikoladze’s article on Georgia’s offshore law was cited by the Congressional Research Service report on Georgia and US policy.
     

  5. Nikoladze’s commentary was featured by Voice of America on the financial cooperation between Russia and China. 
     

  6. Nikoladze was interviewed by NPR on seized Russian luxury yachts.  
     

  7. Nikoladze’s interview with BBC on sanctioned oil trade between Iran and China was translated in sixteen different languages. 
     

  8. Nikoladze was interviewed by the BBC podcast The Inquiry on Georgia foreign agent law and parliamentary elections.
     

  9. Donovan and Nikoladze were cited by the Financial Times, Washington Post, Politico, Yahoo Finance, and Business Insider on sanctioned oil trade between China, Russia, and Iran.
     

  10. Nikoladze was quoted by Business Insider Polska on sanctions and export controls enforcement against Russia.
     

  11. Donovan and Nikoladze were cited by the European Parliament on legal ways of confiscating Russia’s sovereign assets.
     

  12. Nikoladze, Meng, and Yin were cited in the 2023 Annual Report to Congress of the US-China Economic and Security Commission on China mitigation of Russia sanctions. 
     

  13. Nikoladze was quoted by the Voice of America on Russia sanctions evasion. 
     

  14. Nikoladze was quoted in El Pais on Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers and sanctions evasion.
     

  15. Nikoladze and Bhusari were cited by the Washington Post on Chinese and Russian efforts to reduce reliance on the dollar.
     

  16. Nikoladze was quoted in The Hill on potential US sanctions response to China-Russia cooperation in Ukraine.
     

  17. Nikoladze was quoted by Deutsche Welle on Beijing’s concerns about triggering US secondary sanctions by transacting with sanctioned Russian banks. 
     

  18. Nikoladze was cited by Foundation for the Defense of Democracies on cybersecurity export controls.

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