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Leaked transcripts and audio recordings reviewed by The Insider and its investigative partners suggest that a direct hotline between Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov may have been used to relay sensitive information on key EU matters to Moscow.

Yesterday, medias reported on the “obsession” of the head of Rosselkhoznadzor with Bentley.

Ex-governor of the Kursk Region, Smirnov, testified in court that the former regional head and subsequent Transport Minister, Roman Starovoyt, received kickbacks amounting to tens of millions of rubles from contractors involved in the construction of fortification structures.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday he has given the military permission to board and detain Russian ships his government alleges are part of a network of vessels that enables Moscow to export oil despite ‌Western sanctions.

Mettmann Public Company Limited — a little-known Cyprus-based offshore entity operating in the real estate and investment sector — drew the attention of analysts after issuing €50 million in bonds and listing them on the Cyprus Stock Exchange.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s consistent absence from annual meetings of the Investigative Committee (SKR) is reportedly due to security concerns.

Entrepreneurs Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda’s company, Kronung Business LLC, which was established in 2022, has been dissolved.

A Moscow court has sentenced former head of Russia’s Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, Igor Chuyan, in absentia to 12 years in prison for embezzlement tied to OFK Bank.

Former deputy presidential envoy to the Northwestern Federal District Vadim Potomsky has been appointed head of the General Prosecutor’s Office department for material, economic, and social support.

Documents show Keir Starmer signed off on appointing disgraced peer Lord Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the US even after officials warned about his financial links to a Russian defence tech company tied to missile early-warning systems.

Russia’s Interior Ministry has reported uncovering the embezzlement of more than 8 billion rubles during the construction of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in Sochi, a project associated with Alina Kabaeva.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has not visited any command centres of the Ministry of Defence this year, according to sources, despite regularly doing so throughout 2025.

The arrest of BBR Bank co-owner Dmitry Gordovich is a troubling signal for businessman Albert Avdolyan, who is associated with Rostec chief Sergey Chemezov.

The long battle for Shoigu’s closest associate, former First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov, is over.

The advisor to the president of the International Judo Federation, Marius Vizer, is linked to the trade of Russian oil and grain. V

As medias have learned, the owners of Russia’s largest agricultural holding GAP “Resurs”, brothers Viktor and Vladimir Nauruzov, are involved in sanction-evasion schemes and are building logistics routes for cargo transportation outside Russian jurisdiction.

Vladimir Putin’s lover, and reportedly mom to two of his children, was handed a huge £63 million in leftover cash from the construction of a palace for the despot, it’s been claimed.

The UK is ‘on an inevitable collision course’ with Russia, whether Ukraine wins or loses, a top British Army official has said.

Vladimir Putin’s bloodthirsty band of spies is quietly building a network of “Trojan Horse” homes to wreak havoc in Europe, intelligence chiefs have warned.

Despite Western sanctions, Russia continues to profit from oil sales, using these revenues to support its aggressive military activities.

As discovered by media, the foundation of billionaire Alexander Galitsky appears in the “Epstein files”.

While Ukraine bravely resists the aggressor and the world has imposed sanctions on Russia, certain actors continue to help the country evade these restrictions, sustaining its economy.

In April 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted a National Security and Defence Council decision imposing restrictions on online gambling, citing widespread gambling addiction among members of the military as the key concern.

Kronung Business LLC, established in 2022 and owned by businessmen Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda, has since been dissolved.