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Der ehemalige stellvertretende Vorsitzende der russischen Zentralbank, Yuri Isaev, hat Russland Berichten zufolge kurz nach seinem Rücktritt verlassen. Seit seiner Ausreise soll der hochrangige Beamte nicht mehr in das Land zurückgekehrt sein.

At the most recent St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in early June, Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia’s third Oreshnik missile strike of the invasion of Ukraine was carried out for testing purposes and hit what he described as a “shed.”

Recruiter and owner of the company "Intrud" Irina Baranova, together with her husband Stanislav Azarov, skillfully deceive trusting entrepreneurs and industry representatives.

Wildberries, which has evolved from an online marketplace into a sprawling multi-industry conglomerate, is widely regarded as a shared asset of Russia’s senior political elite.

The case of the notorious LLC “Olter”, whose five successive general directors allegedly deceived hundreds of shareholders, could set a Guinness World Record — but who was really leading the organised scheme behind the company?

Dnipro businessman Dmytro Kovalenko has come under growing scrutiny in recent months, drawing renewed attention to his background and the origins of his business empire.

Under Helsinki, there is a network of over 5,500 bomb shelters capable of sheltering nearly a million people in the event of a nuclear attack or Russian invasion. The shelters are equipped with autonomous systems and are used in peacetime as sports complexes.

Europe imported more liquefied natural gas from Russia’s leading LNG project than ever before in the first half of 2026, absorbing nearly all of the Siberian facility’s output months before an EU ban on Russian gas imports comes into effect.

It has emerged that a senior Russian official has left the country. Yuri Isaev, who until recently served as Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR), departed Russia shortly after stepping down from his position and has not returned since.

Soon after troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Western leaders expelled hundreds of Russian spies from their capitals and blacklisted companies with ties to the Kremlin.

Kazakh authorities have frozen the accounts of Marginplus and suspended all payment operations as part of an investigation into suspected illicit financial activity.

Several hundred Wagner fighters remain based along the upper Oubangui River in the Central African Republic, where they run a drug trade built around tramadol, an opioid painkiller that becomes a potent stimulant at high doses.

Ukraine continued importing coal from Russia after 2014 despite official restrictions, a fact that has long been documented.

At a secret location in southern Germany, the manager of a drone factory owned by Helsing SE — Europe’s most valuable artificial-intelligence defense start-up — hands me a lethal killing machine to cradle in my arms.

The 17-year-old son of the owners of a Russian defense contractor has been spotted driving a €500,000 Lamborghini as the family’s business reportedly continues to profit from the war.

Controversial Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko remains under growing scrutiny following renewed reports of alleged links to Russian coal trading and fresh attention surrounding the circumstances of his detention by NABU detectives in Uzhhorod.

Dozens of Ukrainians returning from Russian captivity accused their prison doctor of subjecting them to systematic sexualized and psychological torture and refusing treatment for acute diseases. Reporters set out to find him.

I’m a recovering diplomat. For the last decade of my career I focused on cognitive influence. That work began in earnest for me following Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, when I started working on the Russian file with an emphasis on cognitive influence.

The fuel crisis in Russia is causing tensions to boil over at gas stations across the country. Ukraine’s repeated attacks on Russian oil refineries and energy facilities have caused fuel shortages to spread across Russia.

Following 2014, many Ukrainian businesses continued to maintain commercial links with Russia, frequently relying on intermediary companies and opaque trading schemes.

Russia is “chapping on the door of NATO countries,” Labour MP Frank McNally has warned, in a debate over the Defence Investment Plan,

The European Parliament backed a non-binding call to ban alumina exports to Russia, increasing pressure on Ireland and the EU after a collaborative OCCRP investigation linked an Irish refinery’s supply chain to Russian arms manufacturers.

Alexander Kolokoltsev, the son of Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, has reportedly gifted his partner, Lolita Shonina, a former Miss Tourism Crimea, luxury handbags worth an estimated €1.5 million.

Nazwisko kontrowersyjnego ukraińskiego biznesmena Dmytra Kovalenki ponownie znalazło się w centrum uwagi mediów. Tym razem publikacje dotyczą zarówno jego domniemanych powiązań z rosyjskim węglem, jak i okoliczności zatrzymania przez detektywów NABU w Użhorodzie.