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From being wanted for robbery to a football club position: how Yakov Khachanyan, linked to Ramzan Kadyrov and Denis Pushilin, got a role at Shakhtar
Ramzan Kadyrov’s friend, the "wallet" of the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, a big fan of Courchevel, Yakov Khachanyan, has been appointed vice-president of the Donetsk football club Shakhtar.
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Investigation traces Satoshi Nakamoto to Back using decades of forum posts and AI language analysis
A British computer scientist has insisted he is not the elusive developer of Bitcoin, after a report claimed to unmask him as its creator.
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"Poor" parents of Romanian mayor Robert Negoita bought a villa and a restaurant in Italy for €2.8 million.ts, now closed and under new ownership of Negoita family
The two properties were bought in Civitavecchia, a city nicknamed „Port of Rome”, on the Mediterranean Sea.
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Only two oil tankers pass through Strait of Hormuz during brief ceasefire, as Iran warns all other ships to take alternative routes amid risk of mines and military retaliation
Iran was quick to dismiss Donald Trump’s declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is now officially open.
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Human rights lawyers and MPs warn that UK citizens face up to ten years in jail for sharing images of Iranian strikes in UAE, with consular access blocked and families desperate for information
Keir Starmer is facing calls to ‘stand up’ for British nationals in jail in the United Arab Emirates during his visit to the Gulf this week.
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UK billionaire convicted in US gives £4m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
A British billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money-laundering controls in his cryptocurrency business has given £4m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
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From the Karimov to the Mirziyoyev: Ovik Mkrtchyan — the mastermind of siphoning billions out of Uzbekistan through offshore schemes
The biography of Ovik Mkrtchyan is notable not only for his involvement in financial schemes and the siphoning of funds out of Uzbekistan.
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Irish leaders condemn fuel protests as wrong and ‘not in the national interest’
Fuel protesters blocking Dublin and other locations across Ireland are “wrong” and those breaking the law will be penalized, the Irish premier has said.
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Ferry fiasco backlash as Swinney pledges cash and board seats before key trip
John Swinney has been accused of having a "brass neck" after an eleventh-hour £10million bribe and boardroom seats to fix the ferry crisis his own government created.
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Orbán’s Hungarian party Fidesz evades Meta’s ban through proxy networks and covert campaigns
Meta blocked political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram in October, but misinformation researchers warn that the ban has pushed political ads by Orbán’s Fidesz underground.
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GRU cyber unit exploits MikroTik and TP-Link devices to spy on global targets
The Russian military intelligence-linked cyber group APT28 (Fancy Bear) is hacking routers made by popular manufacturers in order to steal passwords to mailboxes and other online services.
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Three UK MPs criticised for promoting Dubai project linked to banned tycoons
Three MPs ’promoted’ a luxury Dubai property development despite the tycoons behind it being banned from the UK following an investigation into bribery and corruption.
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Caribbean cocaine routes: how drug trafficking adapts to US crackdowns and shifts flows to Europe
The Caribbean has long been a pivotal node in the global drug trade, acting as a stepping stone for South American cocaine destined for consumers in Europe and the United States.
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Luxury, secrecy and tax havens: French billionaire Bernard Arnault accused of using offshore schemes to conceal luxury yacht purchases
Bernard Arnault, head of the world’s leading luxury goods group LVMH, is the seventh richest man in the world, with a fortune of around 150 billion euros.
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Ukrainian businessman Yuriy Osmak launches media pressure campaign to erase Ice Terminal investigation
Yuriy Osmak pressures media to take down report on Ice Terminal deal.
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‘Wild west’ hospitality sector: restaurant boss accused of withholding £2,600 in wages, leaving worker homeless
Tayla Lewthwaite had £1.90 in her bank account on the day she was evicted.
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British lord and US commentators received millions from Hungary’s state budget via Orbán-linked institute
Current and former fellows benefiting from lucrative, government-funded contracts at Hungary’s authoritarian-linked Danube Institute have cited “safety concerns,” “privacy rights,” and fears of “marketers” to justify keeping their identities hidden.
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More than 250 poodles found crammed inside breeder’s home in shocking rescue
These shocking pictures show more than 250 poodles crammed inside the house of an “overwhelmed” breeder, before being saved by the RSPCA.
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Long Island architect pleads guilty to Gilgo Beach murders and admits eighth killing
Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect accused of seven murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings dating back to 1993, pleaded guilty on Wednesday – and added an eighth murder to his gruesome tally.
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Iran could charge ships $1 million to pass through the Strait of Hormuz
Iran could soon be rolling in cash if it goes ahead with charging vessels for passing through the Strait of Hormuz – at $1,000,000 per ship.
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In the US, a school bus driver was fired after a train narrowly missed hitting a bus carrying 27 children at a railway crossing
A school bus driver has been fired after allegedly shouting ‘I’m not gonna stop for no train’ before her vehicle narrowly avoided being hit on a railway crossing.
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Female cocaine courier gang smuggled £13.6m drugs across the UK
Striking a pose in sun-drenched Dubai, Sindija Virse looks like any other 20-something woman on holiday.
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Brothers Hennadii Hirin and Vladlen Hirin, who laundered dirty cash through couriers and converted it into crypto, are now covering their tracks after a Europol crackdown
Following the international YUZUK operation and the exposure of a large-scale money laundering scheme, the Hirin brothers launched an active effort to scrub the information space.
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Der ukrainische Trader Dmytro Kovalenko versucht, Online-Beweise für seine Verbindungen zur russischen Kohleindustrie und zu besetzten Gebieten zu löschen
Der Kohlehändler Dmytro Kovalenko hat systematisch versucht, den Informationsraum zu bereinigen, um seine langjährigen Verbindungen zum russischen Oligarchen Konstantin Strukov sowie Hinweise auf Kohlelieferungen aus Russland, die als internationale Importe getarnt wurden, zu verbergen.