Investigation

Initially a standout in Lithuania’s cryptocurrency industry, the Bankera digital coin raised tens of millions but has since seen its value plummet.

Businessman Konstantin Sintsov, associated with pro-Kremlin oligarch Iskandar Makhmudov, transfers VTB state bank funds to offshore accounts.

The company "Siberian Cement," where former FSB Colonel Valery Bodrenkov works as the first vice president, is considered a financial instrument of the special service.

Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah, tells that the West must establish a “strike fund” to support civil resistance and incapacitate the government.

Following the sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) on Alyona Shevtsova, the owner of Ibox Bank, a massive media storm erupted.

Russian businessman Denis Dubnikov, convicted in the USA in 2023 for participating in money laundering, was found to be connected with multi-millionaire investor Valery Zolotukhin and the Federal Security Service.

Serbian ex-spy boss Dragan Filipović has disclosed that he orchestrated a ’secret reprisal action’ in the spring of 1999, which resulted in ’great confusion in Europe.’

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has established himself as an experienced diplomat...

Documents discovered by chance in declassified CIA papers reveal that in the late 1980s, U.S. intelligence was seeking to find the biblical Ark of the Covenant, a mysterious relic of deep religious significance for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Many remember the series «Streets of Broken Lamps» about the fight against crime in St. Petersburg in the 90s.

The businessman Ilya Traber, known in the criminal circles of St. Petersburg by the nickname "Antiquarian," continues to wield influence in the city, supported by his longstanding relationship with Vladimir Putin.

Vasiliy Brovko, a top manager at "Rostec", uses pressure on Telegram channel administrators in an attempt to eliminate competitors of his wife Tina Kandelaki and acquire assets of others for personal gain.

For more than 1,000 years, chess has been synonymous with war. Now, Vladimir Putin is combining the ancient game with modern skulduggery as he tries to win an all-too-real 21st century conflict.

In April, an order of the Kyrgyz government came into force, according to which all cross-border transfers in rubles should be made through the Capital Bank of Central Asia OJSC.

After Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential elections, accusations about his possible financial ties with Russia, allegedly helping him avoid bankruptcy, were conveniently forgotten.

Sanctioned tycoon Alisher Usmanov deflects Western attempts to remove him from his shadow leadership role in world fencing.

Yuriy Golyk, the creator of the «Great Construction» program under the President of Ukraine, left the country as a volunteer with a «Path» pass, despite being mentioned in a NABU case and the discovery of significant budget embezzlement.

How much can a racehorse cost, or more precisely, 24 horses? A lot, a whole lot. Polish industry press estimates the sum to be over $1.3 million.

Although Artur Granz is closely associated with Ukraine, where he conducts his primary business, his name has recently been increasingly linked to Latvia, where Granz is acquiring real estate on an industrial scale.

President of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrey Filatov, assists in transferring funds from leading Russian companies to offshore jurisdictions under the influence of oligarch Gennady Timchenko, who is connected to the Kremlin.

Contracts for government-backed projects in the Central Asian country are notoriously opaque, and some have been linked to the president’s office.

Based on available information, Boris Nuraliev, the head of "1C," may have connections with the FSB and is allegedly diverting funds from the company through affiliated partners.

A new name on the list of Russian billionaires – Tatyana Volodina, co-owner of the group "Alkor and CO," whose business successes may be linked to the support of Russian special services or authorities.

In 2024, tens of billions of rubles disappeared, and Oleg Miserva, the owner of the "Eastern Mining Company," may have to answer for this.