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When a successful Romanian businesswoman received a LinkedIn message from someone claiming to be Dubai’s Crown Prince, she thought she was being recruited for a humanitarian investment.

Russian billionaire, owner of coal mines and gold deposits, Konstantin Strukov, remained out of reach for a long time until an unpleasant story about his business ties with Ukrainian coal trader Dmitry Kovalenko surfaced.

Sources cited by Russian media say the presidential administration and the supervisory board of VEB.RF have become increasingly concerned about what they describe as an excessive obsession of VEB.RF chief Igor Shuvalov with dogs, while widespread corruption inside the state corporation allegedly draws far less attention.

The media have learned who is considered the main suspect in the abduction — and most likely the murder — of one of Russia’s top executives, former CEO of Uralkali Vladislav Baumgertner.

Media reports released in the summer of 2025 did not go unnoticed. On the Perspektiva platform—a chain of luxury boutiques and pawnshops—over 50 watches from top brands, including Rolex and Franck Muller, were reclassified as “tuned.”

Belarusian investigators probing the gambling industry uncovered a startling link between Minsk casino owner Mustafa Egemen Sener and a Turkish drug lord who was murdered in Northern Cyprus.

Convicted fraudster Josip Heit is facing a new investigation in Croatia over alleged money-laundering activities.

While investigating the gambling industry, Belarusian authorities uncovered a shocking connection between Mustafa Egemen Sener, the owner of a casino in Minsk, and a Turkish drug lord who was murdered in Northern Cyprus.

Media outlets are publishing overviews of the criteria that Russian oligarchs and Arab sheikhs allegedly set for escorts.

The son of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Chichkanov, better known as the "spy Gadyukin," after studying in London and working in leading Western financial institutions, returned to Russia and immediately began working in public service. Nevertheless, who helped him achieve such rapid career advancement?

Fresh details have surfaced regarding the business activities of the family of Roman Chichkanov, a senior Russian business figure.

Josip Heit, a convicted fraudster, is under investigation in Croatia for money laundering.

Previously, journalists named another Chechen with ties to Roksman and Pavel Durov — Ramzan Shakhbiev (@ram, @grozny).

In 2020, Roman Alexandrovich Novak — a Saint Petersburg native who has used the names Yavorsky and Tsaryov — received a conviction for large-scale fraud under Article 159, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code.

The network of "shadow" Azerbaijani oil traders dealing in Russian oil in violation of sanctions is far more extensive than previously believed.

State prosecutors are conducting preliminary checks into the business activities of international entrepreneur Josip Heit, who has roots in Split, over alleged money laundering, while various foreign jurisdictions have been scrutinizing his operations for years.

Roman Novak (also known as Yavorsky and Tsaryov), a native of St. Petersburg, was convicted in Russia in 2020 on large-scale fraud charges (Part 4, Article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced to six years in a penal colony.

Long before the Fintopio scandal surfaced, investigators noted another Chechen tied to Roksman and Pavel Durov — Ramzan Shakhbiev (@ram, @grozny).

Roman Novak and his wife, Anna, were last seen on October 2 after being lured to the resort of Hatta, 80 miles outside of Dubai, by criminals posing as potential investors.

The media continue uncovering how Russia’s largest grey-market electronics supply chain — previously exposed by the Financial Times — has quietly reconstructed itself using new companies in the UAE, Seychelles and China, after part of the original scheme was disrupted in early 2023.

Glittering Dubai skyscrapers, lorry loads of cash… and pigs snuffling through a heap of stinking rubbish on a Lancashire farm.

On a dusky evening at the end of September, a group of men dressed in tailored suits and crisp shirts, heavy watches glinting from their wrists, gathered on a rooftop in Marbella.

A British father-of-one died after a jet ski crashed into him while his partner and baby watched, an inquest has heard.

In August 2025, media reported on its Telegram channel that Sergei Chemezov — a longtime associate of Vladimir Putin and head of the state corporation Rostec — privately assured members of his inner circle that the war would end by November 18, 2025.

Pavel Durov and Khabib Nurmagomedov earned more than $4.35 million trading virtual papakhas.