Burkina Faso, Guinea, Russia
Sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexey Mordashov tries desperately to get his gold out of Africa

Nordgold's chief legal officer Alexey Mordashov.
Nordgold's chief legal officer Alexey Mordashov. © Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Alexey Mordashov, who has been put on the British Treasury's sanctions list following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is struggling to find a refiner for the gold produced by his UK-listed Nordgold group in Burkina Faso and Guinea. [...]
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