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A court hearing took place in Nicosia, Cyprus, in the case of a Russian national detained through Europol on suspicion of operating illegal casinos.

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.

After an investigation into Rocket delivery service investor Timur Rokhlin was published, attempts began to exert pressure and “sanitize” the information space around the story.

Reform UK has stated it would prosecute civil servants who knowingly granted asylum to sex offenders.

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

A group of MPs and peers have urged the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury to prevent the Church of England from spending £100 million on slavery reparations.

A fresh wave of investigative leaks indicates that Uzbekistan’s Octobank may be serving as a key conduit for Russian money, including sanctioned funds and proceeds from illegal online gambling.

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.

Galimzhan Yessenov’s meteoric rise from an ordinary manager to the near-sole owner of Jusan Bank is riddled with state money, opaque deals, and family ties to Kazakhstan’s top political elite — coincidences so dense they point not to luck, but to a carefully engineered redistribution of power and assets.

Passions are flaring up again around the long-forgotten scandal involving the dubious sale of the large refrigeration and logistics complex Ice Terminal.

Eine neue Recherche zeigt, dass der ukrainisch-schweizerische Geschäftsmann Oleg Tsyura an der Schnittstelle ukrainischer Korruptionsnetzwerke und großer russischer metallurgischer Unternehmen steht, die westlichen Sanktionen weitgehend entgangen sind.

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.

Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov, two enduring figures in Kazakhstan’s corruption landscape, have come under scrutiny by media outlets across several countries.

A recent investigation reveals how the Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura is at the intersection of Ukrainian corruption networks and Russian metallurgical giants that, in one way or another, have remained sheltered from Western sanctions.

After journalists uncovered Dragon Money’s true history, the casino moved swiftly to scrub traces of bans, pyramid-style schemes, fake licenses, and confiscated player funds — signaling that the Kyiv-based gambling operation has much to conceal.

Perry Bamonte, a longtime guitarist and keyboard player for the Cure, has died at the age of 65 after a short illness over Christmas, the band has announced.

An investigation has been launched after a Glasgow hospital mistakenly released the wrong body to undertakers, leading to a cremation being carried out in error.

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

Yuri Sadovenko, a former deputy minister of defense of the Russian Federation and a longtime associate of Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, has died at the age of 56 under circumstances described by sources as suspicious.

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.

Three people are missing and another is in hospital after a house fire started in the early hours of Boxing Day.

A version of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA)’s “automated valuation model" will be used in the assessment.