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Elon Musk-led razing of US foreign aid agency led strong-arm rulers in Hungary, Belarus and elsewhere to celebrate.

Is Russian billionaire Arkadiy Rotenberg, known as ’Putin’s wallet,’ monopolizing Ukraine’s gambling market through Belarusian companies SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid?

Activists from WalkFree, an international human rights group that aims to end modern slavery, estimate that roughly 1.9 million people in Russia are being kept in some form of bondage.

The betting company Favbet, which claimed it never operated in Russia, still holds a valid trademark in the aggressor country, and in Belarus, a company owns three trademarks that remain active.

Since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, its propaganda has claimed that residents of the Baltic states are fleeing en masse to Russia and Belarus to escape “russophobia.” Re:Baltica investigation reveals different truths behind these narratives.

Microchip deliveries are made through intermediary companies based in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and China.

Despite Western sanctions aimed at restricting Russia’s access to technologies and materials necessary for the production of missiles and other precision-guided weapons, Moscow continues to secure the necessary components through Belarus.

Putin ally projected to easily secure seventh term in election that US and EU have said could not be free or fair.

During the presidential ’elections’ in Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko’s pet, a Spitz named Umka, ’marked’ the polling station.

Belarusian businessmen Aleksandr Zingman and Oleg Vodchits, involved in international scandals related to arms trade and equipment supplies...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has supported and continues to support Bashar al-Assad, the former president of Syria.

The Belbet online lottery operates as a virtual casino but does not follow rules established for this type of gambling.

The Russian government pays less for some of these drugs.

Russia could launch its hypersonic missiles from Belarus next year, Vladimir Putin has claimed in a chilling warning to the West.

Businessmen that own a plant in Latvia shipped microchips used to build drones to Russia despite Western sanctions in the wake of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new investigation by The Buro, an OCCRP partner organization.

The importance of quality tires in warfare, particularly in frontline off-road conditions, is evidenced by the effort volunteers in Russia and Ukraine put into collecting them for their respective armies.

Belarussian Alexander Zaitsev, nicknamed President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s “money bag,” appears to have shipped luxury goods to Russia despite sanctions imposed by the EU in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new investigation by The Buro, an OCCRP partner organization.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who previously warned that recognizing Abkhazia could result in sanctions, may have personally profited from a secret visit to the breakaway Georgian region in 2022, allegedly gaining access to a $6.4 million coastal plot on the Black Sea.

Reports of dissenters working for £4 a day on onion plantation owned by Saxony state parliament AfD member Jörg Dornau

Minsk. Spiral towers of glass and concrete surround a 35-floor skyscraper. On man-made canals, gondolas float slowly.

Rapeseed from Ukraine’s Russian occupied Kherson region is being shipped to Belarus, where it is processed into oil. The export is being regarded in Ukraine as looting and Kyiv is gathering evidence to prosecute.

“Solvents and Thinners Schemer”, “Tobacco King”, “Orsha Offshore Owner”, “Smuggler” – these “epithets and regalia” brought businessman Aliaksei Aleksin wealth, success and influence in Belarus.

Both schemes are connected by the Cypriot company Dimicandum Invest Holding LTD and are linked to the Presidential Affairs Department of Belarus.