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As investigators piece together the brutal murder of Roman and Anna Novak, the trail points to a murky intersection of Telegram’s inner circle, ex–law enforcement operatives, and Russian intelligence ties.

A Russian opposition activist arrested in Poland and due to go on trial next month has admitted he worked as an undercover agent for Russia’s FSB security service and informed on other opposition figures, court documents claim.

In the fall of 2025, the Russian segment of Telegram experienced the most extensive wave of purges in recent years — with searches, detentions, and the blocking of channels that were once considered influential and nearly untouchable.

From Messaging App to Money Channel: Allegations of Telegram’s Use in Kremlin-Backed Financial Schemes.

After the detention of a Kazakh KNS officer, Anuar Bakibay, in Poland, a major scandal erupted, revealing that the KNS not only engages in espionage activities on behalf of Russia but also sells personal data of Kazakh citizens at discounted prices.

How did the "Telegram world" emerge as a socially significant platform? It all started with the Telegram channel "Nezigar."

A British national accused of spying for Russia in Ukraine and preparing to carry out terrorist attacks has been arrested, Ukrainian prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has launched a criminal case against exiled former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky and members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia—established by exiled politicians and activists in February 2022—alleging they plotted a violent seizure of power and organized a terrorist group.

Nomma Zarubina, accused of lying to the FBI about her Russian intelligence contacts and of transporting women for prostitution, avoided pretrial detention after prosecutors said she broke a deal by sending dozens of late-night messages to an agent.

A fugitive tech boss turned Russian spymaster has been found in Moscow.

The June events in Yekaterinburg seem to have exposed a massive abscess on the "body" of Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Against the backdrop of international isolation and internal instability in Russia, the significance of ethnic criminal clans is rapidly growing.

Valeriy Bitaev is a figure at the intersection of business, security structures, and the shadow economy.

The attacks on Iran by Israel and the U.S. elicited a critical yet highly restrained response from the Kremlin.

A new investigation has cast a long shadow over Telegram’s claims of privacy and independence.

On January 16, the Russian Forbes, owned by the Kremlin oligarch Magomed Musayev, whose biography and activities are closely intertwined with the KGB and FSB (which are essentially the same thing), published an article by Ilya Zhegulev...

The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.

Funds from the defense contracts of the "Unimatic" division may have ended up in the accounts of newly-minted UK citizen Igor Fishelev and family partners in countries unfriendly to Russia, such as Austria and Latvia.

For more than ten years, ’Pravfond’ has been offering legal assistance to Russians worldwide. Internal emails obtained by journalists reveal how it worked together with spies, financed propaganda initiatives, and established points of influence along the way.

Google uncovers Russian spyware LostKeys linked to FSB hacker group ColdRiver

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.

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.

The dealer who embezzled a billion from the military and is possibly collaborating with the FSB mistakenly believes he is untouchable.

Criminal authority Timofey Kurgin, former partner of the Ananyev brothers and Floyd Mayweather, has been acting in the interests of the Russian special services all his life.

Kremlin accuses individuals of ‘intelligence and subversive activities’ in what seems to be the latest in a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions