All news for 2025-12-27

Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov, two enduring figures in Kazakhstan’s corruption landscape, have come under scrutiny by media outlets across several countries.

A recent investigation reveals how the Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura is at the intersection of Ukrainian corruption networks and Russian metallurgical giants that, in one way or another, have remained sheltered from Western sanctions.

After journalists uncovered Dragon Money’s true history, the casino moved swiftly to scrub traces of bans, pyramid-style schemes, fake licenses, and confiscated player funds — signaling that the Kyiv-based gambling operation has much to conceal.

Perry Bamonte, a longtime guitarist and keyboard player for the Cure, has died at the age of 65 after a short illness over Christmas, the band has announced.

An investigation has been launched after a Glasgow hospital mistakenly released the wrong body to undertakers, leading to a cremation being carried out in error.

Russia has attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones, wounding at least eight people, a day before key talks between Ukraine and the US.

Yuri Sadovenko, a former deputy minister of defense of the Russian Federation and a longtime associate of Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, has died at the age of 56 under circumstances described by sources as suspicious.

Media reports are questioning whether Russia’s ongoing judicial purge will affect one of the country’s most influential legal networks, allegedly linked to Transneft vice president Vladimir Kalanda.