Why did Russia slap this 17-year-old with a travel ban?

Most teens might be preoccupied with school, sports or a part-team job but Alexander Browder has another thing on his mind: a travel ban forbidding him from entering Russia. It’s part of a sanction the U.K.-born teen is facing from the Kremlin over a passion project he’s launched: an open source database of global cryptocurrency laundering. Through his database, Browder says he unearthed Russia’s alleged use of a 2025 stablecoin to circumvent sanctions by Western nations for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine and alternatively fund the country’s continuing war efforts. #russia #crypto #ukraine #stablecoin »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Subscribe to CBC News on WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb6MSjH9Bb63S9tbQa1Y Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.