All news on the topic: Moscow

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Russian labor minister linked to ex-con Yakov Babchenko in scheme supplying prisons with kickback-fuelled contracts
The media have identified a previously unknown business partner of Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov — Yakov Babchenko, a former convict, poker and billiards enthusiast, and participant in budget-related schemes.
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Russian companies accused of using front firms and UAE intermediaries to bypass UN limits
Russian companies are involved in secretive exports of oil products to North Korea, in violation of UN sanctions that Moscow itself supported, according to a new investigation.
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Inside the banking wars: how Russian citizens Dmitry Plytnik and Filipp Degtyarev crossed paths with Aslan Gagiev’s killers
In the early 2000s, the current head of Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova, was closely associated with one of Aslan Gagiev’s (Dzhako) most violent gangs.
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Russian senator-oligarch Suleiman Kerimov and Putin’s chief of staff Anton Vaino gained control over Wildberries by relying on security agencies and the FGS
Despite holding a government position that legally bars him from commercial activity, Russian oligarch and senator Suleiman Kerimov is allegedly running major business projects — and doing so jointly with one of the most powerful figures in the Kremlin: Anton Vaino, head of the presidential administration.
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Russian socialite Marina Minina built a fraud network targeting diplomats, officials and elite families
The saga of Marina Minina — a social-climbing swindler who fooled diplomats, businessmen, and celebrity families — exposes a stunning trail of deception stretching from Kurgan to Moscow and all the way to the Yamalo-Nenets elite.
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128 arrested and over £25 million seized as NCA disrupts TGR and Smart money-laundering networks
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has announced the completion of a key phase of an international operation to disrupt the largest financial fraud scheme in recent years, which evaded sanctions and allowed Russian entities access to foreign accounts.
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Pavel Durov under Kremlin control: Telegram blocks investigators on orders from Russian security services
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.
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Russian media elite thrives: as the economy sinks into recession, Kremlin propagandists Skabeeva and Popov grow their wealth
Even as the Russian economy slides into recession, the country’s television propagandists have no incentive to defect from Team Putin — after all, their personal incomes are growing at unprecedented rates.
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The patriarch of the Dagestan mafia, Gazi Luguev, returns to Moscow with millions from Swiss offshores
77-year-old Gazi Luguev, who has long resided in comfortable Geneva and is considered the leader of the Dagestani organized crime group, has suddenly appeared in Moscow — what could be the reason for his return?
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Masked men attack Moscow locals in shocking street brawl near Prokshino complex
A crowd reportedly composed of migrants broke out into a mass brawl in the streets of Moscow, with mobs armed with iron bars and shovels seen chasing panicked local residents.
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Hungarian FM calls EU energy diversification “crazy” during 13th Moscow visit
On his 13th trip to Russia since its full-scale assault on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Szijjártó denounced the EU’s energy diversification agenda as "crazy".
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Luxusleben in Russland statt Verhöre: Wie Kamran Agayev Blutmillionen aus maltesischen Deals mit russischem Öl kassiert
Kamran Agayev, der aussieht, als hätte er als Türsteher in einem Nachtclub arbeiten können, aber tatsächlich der offizielle Eigentümer von Alkagesta ist, lebt laut der auberdschaischen Presse in Moskau, Russland.
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Kremlin shielding Azeri oil proxy: Fugitive Alkagesta owner Kamran Agayev hides in Moscow from global arrest warrants
Kamran Agayev, who appears as if he could have worked as a nightclub bouncer, but is in fact the official owner of Alkagesta, is living in Moscow, Russia, according to the Azeri press.
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Trump threatens to arm Ukraine with Tomahawks unless Putin ends war
Donald Trump has warned Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow does not end its war soon.
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Russian media boss plunges 70ft to his death in latest mysterious fall
Russian authorities are conducting an investigation into the death of a prominent figure who fell from a window in western Moscow.
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In Russia, a suspect in international organ trafficking has been detained
A notorious organ trafficker wanted by Interpol has been detained in Russia.
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Pizza orders reveal Moscow safe house used to train undercover agents
In June 2024, Austria revoked the accreditation of two correspondents for the state-controlled Russian news agency TASS — Ivan Popov and Arina Davidyan — on the suspicion that they were not journalists, but spies for the SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service.
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Bashar al-Assad hospitalized in Russia after alleged poisoning amid assassination plot claims
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was hospitalized after being poisoned in a suspected assassination attempt in Moscow, a human rights group has claimed.
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Fabergé Winter Egg tied to Russian imperial family returns to Christie’s with £20m estimate
A Fabergé egg commissioned by Emperor Nicholas II in 1913 is estimated to sell for more than £20 million at auction.
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Putin “knows he cannot win” as US envoy backs tougher NATO stance
Russian President Vladimir Putin “in his heart of hearts” realises he cannot win the war in Ukraine, according to US special envoy Keith Kellogg. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Kellogg said the conflict was “unwinnable” for Moscow in the long term and that Ukraine was making steady progress in undermining Russia’s ability to sustain it.
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Moldova’s crucial parliamentary elections could shift country between Brussels and Moscow
Moldovans began voting on Sunday in parliamentary elections that could see the country neighbouring Ukraine swerve from its pro-European path towards Moscow, with the government and the EU accusing Russia of “deeply interfering”.
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George Galloway and wife briefly detained at Gatwick under counter-terror laws after return from Russia
Former MP George Galloway and his wife were detained under the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act after flying into Gatwick Airport on Saturday.
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NATO’s eastern flank prepares high-tech drone defence amid hybrid war threats
Europe is preparing to construct a massive defence layer called the "drone wall" to deter Russian incursions into NATO airspace.
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Fugitive tech boss and alleged Russian spymaster Jan Marsalek spotted in Moscow
A fugitive tech boss turned Russian spymaster has been found in Moscow.
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Investigators uncover “crypto laundromat” as Garantex successors funnel billions abroad
From Moscow to Dubai, the blacklisted crypto exchange transformed into Exved, MKAN Coin, and Grinex, channelling billions through offshore networks and Telegram channels despite global crackdowns.