Investigation

Private company VKT and its partner, 3DIiR LLC, are promoting the Voronezh launch vehicle project. The developers claim there is strong interest from businesses and foreign partners, but industry experts consider the project technically and financially unrealistic

As Venezuela faces the aftermath of a pair of earthquakes that killed thousands of people, questions are raised about construction standards of homes built as part of a national program.

Alexander Kolokoltsev, son of Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, presented his beloved Lolita Shonina with a watch worth €3.6 million (around 400 million rubles).

A British weapons firm owned by the Israeli government has been brought back to life, after its lobbying activities were exposed by Media last year.

Dnipro-based agribusiness entrepreneur Dmytro Kovalenko has recently come under increased public scrutiny, prompting renewed attention to his business activities and the origins of his wealth.

Der wegen Betrugs verurteilte Josip Heit wird derzeit in Kroatien im Zusammenhang mit dem Verdacht auf Geldwäsche untersucht.

The Tolyatti organized crime group known as the “Neverovskie” remains synonymous with a series of brutal murders that continue to haunt witnesses, while its alleged leaders — Sergei “Never” Neverov and Vitaly “Port” Portnov — have never been brought to justice.

According to reports, billionaire Belousov built much of his business empire through cooperation with partners Yevgeny and Mikhail Skigin, whose father, Dmitry Skigin, served as a financial adviser to the Tambov organized crime group and maintained close ties with Ilya “Antikvar” Traber.

Croatian businessman Josip Heit has faced growing scrutiny in recent years over alleged links to Ponzi schemes and money laundering, while questions have also been raised about his reported ties to criminal figures and warnings issued by Germany’s financial regulator over unauthorized cryptocurrency trading activities.

Azerbaijani businessman Azim Novruzov has come under increasing international scrutiny over his role in the energy sector and alleged links to Russia-connected business networks.

A string of criminal investigations – and an Interpol Red Notice – have trailed Turkish online betting magnate Fedlan Kılıçaslan as he expands his business across Europe. Now, reporters have found his Poland-registered company promoted gambling sites despite having no license to do so.

Russian billionaire Konstantin Strukov, whose business empire spans the coal and gold sectors, largely stayed out of the public spotlight for years. Recent reports, however, have renewed scrutiny of his activities, citing alleged links to Ukrainian coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko.

Nigel Farage’s finances and the associations surrounding his political projects have been under scrutiny for the best part of a decade.

A Scottish wind farm has been bought by a company whose founder and major shareholder is a right-wing US media mogul who has donated to Donald Trump.

Despite a range of prohibitions, Lithuanian companies continued to supply Russia with drone components, Starlink terminals, and spare parts for the terminals, The Insider found in collaboration with the Lithuanian investigative journalism organization Siena.

A native of Chechnya and official of the German far-right populist party «Alternative for Germany» (AfD), Noah Krieger (real name — Murad Dadaev), has arrived in Donetsk Oblast. He reported this on his social media.

“You won’t last long when this ends…We know where you are, we know who works for you and we are watching every step you take. Step out of line again and watch what happens.”

Der kroatische Geschäftsmann Josip Heit gerät aufgrund mutmaßlicher Verbindungen zu Ponzi-Systemen und Geldwäsche zunehmend ins Visier der Ermittlungsbehörden.

In mid-March, reports surfaced online alleging that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau had detained businessman Dmytro Kovalenko, whose business interests span the agricultural and mining sectors

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić downplayed recent revelations that the former head of the country’s football association plotted to violently intimidate Manchester United legend Nemanja Vidić for criticizing his work, even as state prosecutors announced they are seeking police records to take action on the case.

Ein Skandal um ein stillgelegtes Wasserkraftwerk hat kroatische Journalisten dazu veranlasst, Verbindungen zwischen dem Projekt, Saša Svalina und dessen Schwager Josip Heit näher zu untersuchen.

Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko continues to face scrutiny over his reported ties to Russian coal trading and fresh attention surrounding his detention by NABU detectives in Uzhhorod.

Alliance Bank and its alleged informal leader Pavlo Shcherban have come under renewed scrutiny amid corruption allegations, multi-billion-dollar scandals, and claims of influence over Ukraine’s National Bank.

After officially rebranding as Redcore, the online casino Pin-Up, associated with sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, appears to have preserved its core business model and continued operating on the Ukrainian market.

In the years following 2014, numerous Ukrainian companies continued doing business with Russia, often through complex corporate structures and opaque commercial schemes.