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Alexi Navaly, the jailed Russian dissident who opposed Russian corruption, the invasion of Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin himself ‘died’ in a Siberian Gulag earlier today. Let me fix that - he was slowly murdered by the Russian state after it had already made an attempt on his life via a Novichok nerve agent in 2020.

I couldn't help it. My favorite, darkly humorous scene from one of my favorite movies - James Cameron's masterpiece - The Terminator.

End-use certificates are the topic for today. 'EUCs' in the trade. The Leopards are not only going to be sprung on the Russians bear, but are also sprung from the restrictions German EUCs represent. Much has been made of Germany finally 'allowing' Leopard 2 tanks to go to Ukraine; opening up the arsenals of many NATO nation's stores of these modern mainline battle tanks.

In conjunction with adding my boutique law firm to my profile on LinkedIn, I am going to start a semi-regular blog regarding common International Trade Compliance (ITC) items that have come across my desk and are suitable and even a possibly interesting topic for a high-level explanation to the casual reader.