Reposted by Tim Lowe
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO.
Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus.
The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking.
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apnews.com
US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
![Major European businesses remaining in Russia have become the main target of the Kremlin's campaign to confiscate Russian assets from foreign owners, sources in the Russian government and the companies themselves told Reuters. "The time has come for asymmetric measures. Let them think about what measures they are taking [against us] and what sanctions they are imposing," a senior Russian government official familiar with the situation told the agency on condition of anonymity.
"Let them be afraid," he emphasized, responding to questions about which companies might become next targets and whether the Russian divisions of the Italian bank UniCredit and the Austrian Raiffeisen might be placed under temporary management. A source at a Russian corporation, also requesting anonymity, accused European companies of deliberately holding back the development of their Russian subsidiaries, which ultimately harms the Russian economy.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ql4ykel4bgsqzslwsa3lflh2/bafkreicpp43xcruvii4qehf34275umod25dmiz2pndfg4qekd6rrh5osgq)
