17-year-old Alexander Browder putting everyone else to shame as he becomes youngest person to get banned by Russia

[ck4829]

Russia sanctioned a British teenager Wednesday for exposing alleged cryptocurrency money laundering operations, marking what appears to be the youngest person ever targeted by Moscow's sanctions regime.

Alexander Browder, 17, founder of the Global Cryptocurrency Laundering Database, was named alongside four other British nationals by Russia's Foreign Ministry. The others sanctioned alongside Browder are Washington Post reporter Catherine Belton, Committed to Good Managing Director Alice Mary Laugher, Chelsea Group founder and Chairman Richard Nicholas Westbury, and The i Paper journalist Richard Holmes.

All of the sanctioned individuals are now "banned from entering the Russian Federation," per a statement.

The sanctions appear to be direct retaliation for Browder's March 2026 report, "Confronting the Illicit-Finance Hydra in Crypto Markets: Protecting Retail Investors and Disrupting Hostile Government Exploitation," published through the Henry Jackson Society think tank. The report alleged that states including Russia, Iran, and North Korea have laundered $350 billion in illicit cryptocurrency, according to the same sources.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/british-teen-sanctioned-russia-alleging-142740978.html

A real badge of honor.

[in2herbs]

1. He has good genes! Father is Bill Browder of the Magnitsky (sp??) Act. Keep safe young one. nt

[canetoad]

2. Thanks!

I wondered about that. Wiki page doesn't mention kids by name.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. That's about as effective as being banned from a roach motel. nt

[Xavier Breath]

4. Right, he must be heart-broken.

[ck4829]

5. Ha! I'm sure he was all broken up over it.