Russia has sanctioned a British teenager for his role in exposing the alleged use of the ruble-pegged A7A5 stablecoin to finance the war effort against Ukraine.
Alexander Browder, 17, wrote a report for the foreign policy and national security think tank The Henry Jackson Society, which the Russian Foreign Ministry described as spreading “defamatory speculation and false information.”
Browder, son of Vladimir Putin critic Bill Browder, was sanctioned along with three other UK citizens and Washington Post reporter Catherine Belton.
He described it as “a badge of honor” in a post on X on Wednesday.
The A7A5 stablecoin was designed to circumvent sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
