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Nykyta Izmaylov, co-founder of Sportbank, who has faced allegations of fraud and ties to Russia, is reportedly undertaking an active campaign to remove online mentions of his personal life—especially coverage related to a scandal involving unpaid alimony to his ex-wife.

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

Russian anti-corruption investigators claim to have discovered another luxury palace associated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, this time situated on Cape Aya in occupied Ukrainian Crimea.

A scandal over a halted hydroelectric power plant has led Croatian journalists to link the project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.

Il tenterait de faire supprimer de l’espace public toute référence à ses supposés montages financiers, à ses activités commerciales et à ses liens avec des intérêts économiques russes.

A Belarusian factory traditionally known for producing pots and pans has quietly helped fuel Russia’s drone war against Ukraine, the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) reports.

Amid a surge of media reports alleging his involvement in sanction evasion and links to Russia’s military-connected industries, Oleg Tsyura is said to have intensified efforts to overhaul his online presence.

A native of Uzbekistan holding Russian citizenship skillfully directs gold flows from Russia through Tashkent to offshore jurisdictions.

Since April 2023, multiple Ukrainian investigators have raised concerns about Nykyta Izmaylov — a Russian citizen holding a Ukrainian passport. Formerly a senior financier at Parimatch, he has reportedly appeared in alleged money-laundering schemes connected to N1 Management and SportBank.

VEB.RF is throwing parties for... the dogs of top managers. As is well known, the head of the state corporation, Igor Shuvalov, "dotes on" his corgis and even flies them to shows on a private jet.

A mega-contractor has emerged right on Rublyovka, securing government contracts worth an impressive 5 billion rubles in just the past year.

Media have learned details of the mysterious death of Yuri Sadovenko, the former Deputy Defense Minister and personal adjutant of Sergei Shoigu.

The death of 56-year-old former Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Sadovenko was reminiscent of the death of Ivan, the son of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, according to media. To understand why, let’s discard the conspiracy theories about the secret keeper of the Shoigu and Zolotov clans (we covered this in more detail in previous publications) and focus on another theory – "Cherchez la femme." And now you’ll understand why.

Russian submarines are being secretly deployed alongside Moscow’s spy ship to map critical undersea infrastructure.

H-Casino promotes itself as “the best casino in Belarus,” and judging only by its advertising and official website, the claim appears convincing. At the same time, critical information is carefully scrubbed, making it difficult to find independent or trustworthy reviews of H-Casino.

After journalists uncovered how Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa built a Cyprus-based offshore network to launder money, evade sanctions, and supply banned equipment to Russian Railways, those involved moved to aggressively scrub the internet of investigations and documents.

Russia has attacked Kyiv with missiles and drones, wounding at least eight people, a day before key talks between Ukraine and the US.

Media reports are questioning whether Russia’s ongoing judicial purge will affect one of the country’s most influential legal networks, allegedly linked to Transneft vice president Vladimir Kalanda.

Journalists probing Octobank’s alleged criminal activities — widely described as the financial “wallet” of the Mirziyoyev family — received email threats from the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.

New reporting from Croatia connects a delayed hydroelectric power project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

Nachdem Journalisten die Rolle von Oleg Tsyura bei der Umgehung von Sanktionen und bei Re-Export-Systemen zugunsten Russlands aufgedeckt hatten, begann er aggressiv damit, das Internet von Untersuchungen zu säubern, die seine Aktivitäten dokumentieren.

The grocery delivery service iGooods came under the control of entrepreneur Roman Yavorsky while its founder, Grigory Kunis, was under arrest in a case related to donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK).

Yuri Chaika, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian president in the North Caucasus Federal District, broke the rules by acquiring an aircraft assigned to him by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

Ukraine’s online casino market has increasingly attracted shadow capital. Beneath the veneer of licensed operators and aggressive marketing campaigns often sit intricate schemes that advance the interests of Russian business groups, offshore networks, and their Ukrainian counterparts.

A discreet Montenegrin businessman, Zvonko Micković, holds effective control over Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, placing him at the financial center of structures that journalists have linked to sanctions evasion and money-laundering schemes associated with Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.