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Could the U.S. block sales of refined gasoline to Iran as a way of ratcheting up pressure on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Iranian regime? That's a prospect U.S. politicians have talked up for months. But as the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China prepare for crucial talks with Iran in Geneva on Oct. 1, there's a growing realization that the strategy might not work. "The hype around blocking gas is hugely overdone," says Richard Dalton, who was British ambassador to Iran until 2006 and is now an associate fellow at the London think tank Chatham House. "People...
...officials believe going after oil imports may still be worth it. Rather than passing laws or attempting to push new sanctions through the U.N. Security Council - where Russia and China could veto them - officials are quietly approaching companies directly, convincing executives that the cost of doing business with Iran has become too high. In the past few months, Washington has leaned on insurance companies that underwrite Iran's shipments abroad and as many as 80 banks that handle financial transactions for the country. In January, the U.S. slapped a $350 million fine on Britain's Lloyds TSB Bank for funneling...
...absence of a formal agreement, nations are not obligated to turn over fugitives to each other. The U.S. and Russia do not have an extradition treaty, which led many dissidents to defect to America and seek political asylum during the Cold War. Fugitive U.S. financier Bobby Vesco allegedly stole $224 million from a Swiss mutual fund but avoided detection for years by hopping between Caribbean islands that did not have extradition laws (and once even tried buy his own island). And Lebanon's Mohammed Ali Hammadi, wanted in the for murdering a U.S. Navy passenger during the 1985 hijacking...
...Kadyrov inherited the Chechen presidency in 2007 from his father, who was assassinated three years earlier in 2004. He has been ruling the volatile region in Russia's North Caucasus since, alternately garnering praise for bringing stability to the region and criticism for enshrining new laws banning alcohol production and gambling whilst legalizing polygamy. Tatiana Lokshina, the deputy director of the Moscow office of Human Rights Watch in Russia, told TIME that Chechnya's population is "paralyzed by fear" under Kadyrov's government. She says Kadyrov's administration is using the ongoing battle against separatist insurgents as an excuse...
...Victoria Races said the cost of sending Mourilyan to the Melbourne Cup alone is in the six figures. Kadyrov's spokesperson, Alvi Karimov, refused to comment on any of Kadyrov's racehorses or on Mourilyan's entry in the Melbourne Cup to TIME on Sept. 21. (Read "Killings of Russia's Human-Rights Activists Continue...