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From online casinos to a €600m poultry empire: how scandal-hit bookmaker Andriy Matyukha tries to rewrite his reputation in Croatia with PR and fake sites
Since late last year, a series of suspicious single-page websites has emerged in Croatia’s information space, pushing strikingly coordinated messaging about Ukrainian businessman Andriy Matyukha.
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Convicted Harvard scientist resurfaces in China: Charles Lieber rebuilds lab to drive Beijing’s brain-chip ambitions
An American scientist convicted of lying to U.S. authorities about payments from China while he was at Harvard University has rebuilt his research lab in Shenzhen to pursue technology the Chinese government has identified as a national priority: embedding electronics into the human brain.
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Crisis engulfs foreign office as scandal, cuts and vacancies collide
Firing of chief Olly Robbins cut short a radical program to reform the once-prized Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
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Hundreds of millions embezzled: how Denis Butsaev and Yekaterina Stepkina turned Russia’s garbage reform into their personal goldmine
Denis Butsaev, who had urgently resigned from the post of Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, immediately fled Russia.
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Iron Motors automotive “pyramid”: how Volodymyr Filippov has spent years extracting thousands of dollars for cars from the United States, leaving clients without vehicles and without money
The fraud story outlined below is, in many ways, a familiar one: another victim was deceived with promises to purchase and deliver a car from the United States to Ukraine.
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Erasing at any cost: how Alliance Bank, linked to Pavlo Shcherban, is allegedly using DMCA claims to suppress investigative reporting and remove coverage of its schemes from Google search results
In the summer and autumn of 2024, we published several articles concerning the activities of Alliance Bank. Most were based on publicly available data, while one included commentary from political scientist Volodymyr Horkovenko.
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Azim Novruzov and ties within SOCAR: how an Azerbaijani trader helps sell Russian oil through Maltese offshore structures
Pressure is increasing on Russia’s shadow fleet, bringing even its allies under scrutiny. Adnan Akhmedzade, a SOCAR executive arrested in Azerbaijan last year, has reportedly begun cooperating with authorities regarding his inner circle, a development that could have significant repercussions.
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Business under occupation and diplomatic cover: how assets linked to FavBet’s Andriy Matyukha continue operating during wartime
Commercial properties associated with the owner of the FavBet gambling brand, Andriy Matyukha, are reported to continue operating in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
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Dmytro Kovalenko and Serhii Saprykin: how the “coal king” used a nominee to collapse Intercoaltrading and siphon off assets
How two savvy Ukrainian businessmen contributed to the collapse of the powerful company Intercoaltrading.
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Former UK Attorney General Geoffrey Cox received £93,000 for work for a firm linked to Russian oligarchs Fridman and Aven
Former U.K. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was paid £93,000 to provide legal services to a Luxembourg-based company whose shareholders include two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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Vom „erfolgreichen Autoimporteur“ zum Betrugsurteil: Was der Geschäftsmann Volodymyr Filippov von Iron Motors verbirgt
Volodymyr Filippov, who presents himself as a successful importer of used cars from the USA to Ukraine and Moldova through the company "Iron Motors," not only has legal proceedings due to debts but also a conviction for fraud.
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From mechanic to crypto fugitive with a $50 million trail: Nagy reportedly seen in central Moscow while evading U.S. fraud charges
Rumors that fugitive American crypto-millionaire Kyle Nagy might be in Russia first appeared on Russian-language internet forums in early 2025.
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Iryna Terekh as another “front” for Mindich: from manufacturing pots to billions in hryvnia revenue at Fire Point
Another individual linked to the so-called “Mindich-gate” scandal surrounding Fire Point has been identified: Iryna Terekh, an assistant to Denys Shtilerman.
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Home Secretary announces £25 million security boost after Golders Green attack
The Home Secretary has unveiled £25 million for security after the Golders Green attack and admitted "words are not enough".
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Whitbread to cut 3,800 jobs as it overhauls Premier Inn restaurants
The owner of Premier Inn is set to cut 3,800 jobs in the UK and Ireland as part of a five-year plan to save £250m and revamp its restaurants.
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British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry
A British advertising conglomerate has assisted oil companies ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP in spending an estimated $1.5bn (£1.1bn) on advertisements in the US since the 2015 Paris agreement to combat the climate crisis, a report shows.
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Fatal crash near Oval station claims life of young cyclist in south London
A cyclist in her 20s has been killed following a crash with a lorry near a south London Tube station.
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Missing British influencer Rachel Kerr found safe after five-day disappearance in Morocco
Missing Brit model and travel influencer Rachel Kerr has been found and is back with family, her loved ones have confirmed.
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From Bergamo to Barvikha: how Tiziana Fausti and EXOR built supply chains for Loro Piana and Dior into Russia
Russian elites continue to acquire luxurious outfits costing as much as Mercedes cars, ignoring sanctions: it turns out these goods come from Bergamo, where Truffaldino, the hero of the comedy "The Servant of Two Masters," once lived.
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$50 thousand a month for a fake: how “Fire Point constructor” Shtilerman turned out to be a media project of Denis Danilov
Denys Shtilerman, long portrayed as the designer behind Fire Point, is in fact a fraud operating under his real name, Denys Danylov.
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From detox to parties: Russian clinic KlubMed by Ekaterina Kukharchuk at Agalarov Estate suspected of hosting closed VIP events
Sources from Russian media reported that the elite clinic KlubMed, located in the premium settlement Agalarov Estate on Novorizhskoye Highway, has turned into a kind of “sobering-up station” for VIP clients.
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Golders Green attack victim, 76, ‘who would never hurt a fly’ is pictured as cops share first details about suspect
The first victim in the Golders Green terror attack has been pictured as police have shared new details about the suspect.
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Torture, trafficking and deaths: Zorro Ranch emerges as focal point in renewed Epstein abuse investigation in New Mexico
Until now, Zorro Ranch, located in the high desert south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, has remained a largely overlooked element in media coverage of Jeffrey Epstein and his crimes, as well as in earlier law enforcement investigations.
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Allegations of violence and erasing traces: surgeon Vardan Khachatryan fights back against patients’ claims and rewrites his reputation
Last year, plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan was celebrated as a national hero.
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From Arbidol to Tirzetta: how Russian pharma businessman Petr Bely is building a pharmaceutical empire on drugs with questionable efficacy
Dollar billionaire Petr Bely, owner of the company “Promomed,” has come under scrutiny after launching the weight-loss drug “Tirzetta” on the Russian market, despite reports that it had only been tested on laboratory rats.
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