All news on the topic: VTB Bank

Investigation

10 Aug 2025 1748

Freedom Finance — a front for fraud: how Timur Turlov moved billions offshore and buried Kazakh investors

Timur Turlov, formerly a Russian billionaire, became one of the wealthiest individuals in Kazakhstan after relocating.

Investigation

17 Jul 2025 1233

Konstantin Sintsov: how a former Kemerovo gangster became an offshore billionaire with a fake backstory

The controversial businessman, possessing multiple passports - the master of offshore dealings?

Investigation

30 Jun 2025 657

Milliarden im Schatten: Wie das Finanznetzwerk von Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova trotz Sanktionen Transfers an russische Banken ermöglichte

Ihr Name machte selten Schlagzeilen, doch ihre Rolle in milliardenschweren Finanzsystemen ist mehr als auffällig.

Investigation

30 Jun 2025 1002

Valeriy Bitaev — the invisible oligarch with access to all of Russia’s surveillance systems

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

Investigation

26 Jun 2025 972

Kremlin’s financial laundromat in Tashkent: how Dmitriy Lee launders billions through Octobank

Originally from Uzbekistan and possessing a Russian passport, he expertly diverts golden flows out of Russia through Tashkent into offshore zones.

Investigation

15 Jun 2025 1304

Kremlin’s Uzbek laundromat: how billions are whitewashed through Octobank with help from Russian and Chinese partners

Oktobank has emerged as a hub for suspicious financial operations linking Uzbek authorities, Russian banks, and shadow networks.

Investigation

30 May 2025 613

Billions in the shadows: How Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova’s financial network enabled transfers to Russian banks under sanctions

Although her name seldom appeared in the headlines, her involvement in multi-billion-dollar financial schemes has been impossible to ignore.

Investigation

28 Apr 2025 1064

Laundering VTB state money through fake companies: What’s behind the offshore schemes of embezzler Konstantin Sintsov

Businessman Konstantin Sintsov, associated with pro-Kremlin oligarch Iskandar Makhmudov, transfers VTB state bank funds to offshore accounts.

Investigation

20 Mar 2025 1068

Raven Russia and state takeover: Igor Bogorodov hides traces of billion-dollar fraud

Igor Bogorodov, the head of Raven Russia’s structures, should be cautious as he possesses dangerous information.

Investigation

15 Mar 2025 1069

Russian executives linked to state-owned companies invest in luxury Italian real estate despite Western sanctions and war connections

While key Russian state-owned companies continue to finance and support their country’s war in Ukraine, top executives are buying up property in Italy’s most picturesque locations — from Verona to Florence, and from Liguria to the Adriatic coast.

Investigation

24 Feb 2025 977

A 20-billion villa and romantic ties with Andrey Kostin: What’s behind the luxurious life of TV host Nailya Asker-Zade?

The luxury property of TV host Nailya Asker-Zade, including a villa worth 20 billion rubles, was acquired through offshore companies linked to VTB head Andrey Kostin and billionaire Alexander Svetakov, the owner of the Absolute company.

Investigation

17 Feb 2025 1051

Luxurious mansion of Putin’s banker worth $223 million: how Andrey Kostin built a villa for himself and his lover Nailya Asker-Zade

In August 2019, prime-time TV presenter Nailya Asker-Zade found herself at the center of a scandal: journalists discovered her to be in possession of a nearly $33 million plot of land near the village of Razdory in Rublevka, a luxurious residential area outside Moscow.

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25.09.2026, 14:13 • Investigation