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Media Commentary and Citations

“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 interviewed by the BBC on Russia-China economic cooperation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit context. 
     

  2. Donovan, Nikoladze, and De Kruijf cited by the US Army War College on Russia sanctions. 
     

  3. Donovan and Nikoladze were cited by CNBC and Foreign Policy on the systems of sanctions evasion between China and Iran.
     

  4. Donovan and Nikoladze cited by South China Morning Post, FXStreet, and Kitco News on the increasing usage of gold to avoid the dollar-dominated financial system.
     

  5. Russia Sanctions Database by Donovan, Nikoladze, De Kruijf, and Tursun was featured in Ukraine's ZN.ua newsletter.
     

  6. Nikoladze quoted in Deutsche Welle on the implications of the BlackRock-CK Hutchinson deal. 
     

  7. Global Sanctions Dashboard by Donovan, Nikoladze, and Murphy was cited by the Royal United Services Institute on Wagner's business model in Syria and Africa. 
     

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

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

  10. Bhusari and Nikoladze were cited by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Council on Foreign Relations on dedollarization. 
     

  11. Donovan and Nikoladze were cited in the 2024 Annual Report to Congress of the US-China Economic and Security Commission on sanctioned oil trade between Russia, China, and Iran. 
     

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

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

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

  15. Nikoladze was interviewed by NPR on seized Russian luxury assets.
     

  16.  Donovan, Nikoladze, and Murphy were cited by the Brookings Institution on the economics of Russia sanctions. 
     

  17. Donovan, Nikoladze, Goldin, Bhusari, Bauerle Danzman, Sahu and McDowell were cited by the International Cybersecurity Law Review journal on transatlantic economic statecraft. 
     

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

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

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

  21. Russia Sanctions Database by Donovan and Nikoladze was cited by the US Senate Subcommittee on Investigations on US technology used by Russia.
     

  22. Nikoladze's piece on Chinese companies' overseas listings was cited by the Center for a New American Security. 
     

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

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

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

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

  27. Nikoladze, Meng, and Yin were cited by the International Law Studies Journal on China's mitigation of Russia sanctions. 
     

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

  29. Bhusari and Nikoladze were cited by Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Hong Kong on dedollarization. 
     

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

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

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

  33. Nikoladze and Lichfield interviewed on CNBC India on the impact of Western sanctions on the global economy.
     

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

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