17-year-old British boy banned from entering Russia for exposing encryption to evade sanctions

According to the Moscow Times, 17-year-old British boy Alexander Browder has been placed on the entry ban list by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to a report by the think tank Henry Jackson Society exposing Russia's use of cryptocurrency to evade sanctions. The report reveals that the A7 network transfers funds to Russia's war funds through the Kyrgyz financial system, with the core tool being the ruble stablecoin A7A5 jointly issued by Promsvyazbank and Ilian Shor. As of early 2026, the circulation scale has reached $100 billion. The UK imposed new sanctions on the A7 network last month. Alexander Browder stated that he will not back down due to the ban, and his father is Kremlin critic Bill Browder.