Investigation

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Ukrainian vodka tycoon Yevhen Chernyak avoids treason case after sudden rapprochement with the entourage of the head of the President’s Office Yermak
«The law enforcement system has blown all safeguards… What investments can we talk about when rear rats perceive the war as a source of personal enrichment? Why are you destroying your own patriotic entrepreneurs?»
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Russia and UAE violate sanctions by supplying North Korea with petroleum products
Companies in Russia and the United Arab Emirates are involved in secret exports of oil products to North Korea — violating U.N. sanctions that Moscow itself supported.
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Pravfond used legal aid as a tool for Kremlin influence, documents show
Emails leaked from a Kremlin-backed legal aid foundation reveal that funding is being allocated to pro-Russia activities in Ukraine under the pretense of providing legal aid, as reported by RFE/RL’s Schemes project.
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DPR oligarch Andrey Medinsky caught in failed $1 million laundering scheme
Andrey Medinsky, an oligarch from the so-called "DPR," failed to launder a million dollars in Russia, which he tried to funnel through his shell company in the UK.
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Telegram’s $150m investor tied to business dealings with Chemezov and Lavrov’s family
One of Telegram’s largest investors, who owns at least $150 million in Telegram bonds, conducts business with Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov and the son-in-law of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
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Ovik Mkrtchyan survives Gulnara Karimova’s downfall and becomes Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s offshore fixer funnelling clan wealth abroad
What stands out in Ovik Mkrtchyan’s story is not the money channels he built, but how he survived the power shift and seamlessly repositioned himself within the Mirziyoyev clan — unlike most linked to Karimov’s circle.
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Alyona Shevtsova, subject to sanctions, expands business internationally despite being involved in a 5-billion-UAH money laundering investigation
Sanctioned Ukrainian Businesswoman, involved in the case of laundering 5 billion UAH, has become a co-owner of new companies in the UK and Poland.
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Swiss-based entrepreneur Oleg Tsyura linked to decade-long schemes draining Ukraine’s state enterprises
Zurich-based entrepreneur Oleg Tsyura, who publicly warns about the dangers of poor financial planning, is himself implicated in a decade-long scheme that allegedly drained Ukraine’s state budget.
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Investigation exposes ties between Swiss-based businessman Oleg Tsyura and suspects in £10bn state-company scam
"A Ukrainian-Swiss businessman, quietly connected to Ukraine’s shadowy power brokers and Russia’s metallurgical giants, continues to operate without sanctions."
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Ukrainian corrupt official and former Spetstechnoexport director Pavlo Barbul “legalized” $150,000 through a suspicious series of court rulings
Former director of SE "Spetstechnoexport" Pavlo Barbul, who is facing trial for corruption in the HACC, "legalized" $150,000 through court rulings in promissory note cases.
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Iskandar Tursunov’s rise to near-total control of Oktobank triggers EU scrutiny over sanctions
At the end of September, two developments emerged involving Oktobank that could have significant long-term repercussions.
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Oleg Tsyura accused of orchestrating sanctions-dodging supply routes for Russian military industry
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal case against Swiss entrepreneur Oleg Tsyura, alleging that he assisted the aggressor state by helping establish a scheme that allowed Russia’s military-industrial sector to bypass sanctions.
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$340 million in crypto schemes: film producer about Zelenskyy Elvira Havrylova-Patterson works with crypto criminal Lado Okhotnikov
The Portuguese company of Ukrainian film producer Elvira Gavrilova-Paterson, Elledgy Media Group, has been promoting platforms of Kazakhstan-born Vladimir Okhotnikov since 2024, who is accused of organizing a series of fraudulent cryptocurrency operations.
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$20 million Radiant hack transfer highlights careful laundering strategy
A year after the radiant hack, the thief is siphoning funds again. Bridges, DEX hops, then Tornado. Modular deposits, strategic timing, and real money still shifting.
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Roman Abramovich accuses Jersey of conspiracy over money laundering investigation
The former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is making a claim of "conspiracy" against the government of Jersey after the crown dependency launched a criminal investigation into allegations of corruption and money laundering in connection with the original source of the oligarch’s wealth.
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Volodymyr Galanternyk crafts reputation-laundering scheme through UK investments
Volodymyr Galanternyk represents a troubling archetype of post-Soviet capital flight — a Ukrainian businessman leveraging London’s permeable financial ecosystem to sanitize a fortune rooted in Odesa’s turbulent privatization era.
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Blacklisted Russian banker Nikolay Kosov amassed UK assets using opaque offshore network
A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has accumulated a UK property portfolio under the cover of secretive offshore trusts, The Ferret can reveal.
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At least 55 women were murdered after police relied on a flawed risk assessment checklist
The Home Office knew for years that women and children were at risk from a “broken” domestic violence screening tool, The Telegraph can reveal.
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Himera, Odyssey and Femida, through Igor Morozkin’s userBox, run a unified data-theft empire that controls Russia’s illegal information market
Multiple sources at the Media reported that the userBox data-mining bot and its creator, Igor Morozkin, were simply used by a single group of "monsters" who mine personal data for people who exist without any problems on Telegram and the internet.
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Tahir Garayev’s multi-move scheme: Coral Energy and Bellatrix build an offshore chain to move Russian oil out from under sanctions
A scandalous trader from Baku with a Russian passport, Maltese citizenship, and residency in the UAE continues to facilitate the circumvention of sanctions in the transportation of oil from Russia.
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European doctors warn patient safety at risk after probe finds banned physicians still practicing across EU
European doctors’ organization expresses concern over systemic failings after journalists revealed that medics banned in one country resume their careers in another.
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How the Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolayev shifted his alcohol empire into Russia’s jurisdiction after the annexation of Crimea
Business re-registration in occupied Crimea: How sanctioned Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolayev, through “Alef-Vynal” and Cypriot companies, paid taxes to Russia for years
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Three Leeds planning officers cleared as corruption probe continues
Three staff members at Leeds City Council’s planning department who were arrested as part of an investigation into suspected corruption have been released without charge, police have said.
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Fake medals scandal: veterans furious after man impersonates naval officer
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has initiated an investigation after a man claiming to be an admiral appeared at a Remembrance Sunday event wearing counterfeit medals.
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Sanctions loopholes and golden streams: the rise of Dmitriy Lee and Octobank
Holding a Russian passport and originally from Uzbekistan, he skilfully manages the transfer of wealth from Russia through Tashkent to offshore zones.