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Those conditions included a prohibition on engaging in transactions involving assets worth more than $1,000 and remaining under house arrest.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
In less than a year, those forces, led by the K.G.B., put President Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest, sent tanks into Moscow, and seized power—until it was seized back, three days later.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Former prime minister Najib Razak, implicated in the 1MDB scandal and in jail since 2022, is appealing to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune Asia, 14 Jan. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
In less than a year, those forces, led by the K.G.B., put President Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest, sent tanks into Moscow, and seized power—until it was seized back, three days later.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Former prime minister Najib Razak, implicated in the 1MDB scandal and in jail since 2022, is appealing to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune Asia, 14 Jan. 2025
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20arrest. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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