All news for 2025-04-02

Over one billion hryvnias were allegedly defrauded from clients in a scheme organized by Ukrainian pseudo-businessman Bohdan Prylepa, with law enforcement conducting searches at cryptocurrency exchanges connected to his operations.

Politicians have asked if authorities managed to reclaim millions in taxes from the now-defunct company that was owned by the Russian billionaire.

Switzerland has raised the total value of frozen Russian assets by $1.81 billion over the past year, bringing the total to over $8 billion, as authorities persist in enforcing sanctions related to the war in Ukraine.

Russian authorities have blocked 81 foreign media outlets and designated dozens of organizations as "undesirable," citing retaliation for Western restrictions, amid an ongoing crackdown on independent and international journalism.

Heathrow Airport was warned about the "resilience" of its power supply in the days before a fire which shut down the airport for more than a day last month.

President Donald Trump has reportedly informed his inner circle that Elon Musk will soon step down from leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

UK Imposes Sanctions on Russian Eurasia Project, Moldovan MP, and Georgian Judges

Eric and Donald Trump Jr. have partnered with Hut 8 to create a major U.S.-based bitcoin mining company.

Nikolai Shikhidi, a developer with a dubious reputation from Kuban, maintains relations with influential patrons connected to the "Putin Palace" in Gelendzhik.

Over 20 women have reported to the police, claiming they may have been raped by Zhenhao Zou, a Chinese PhD student in London who is thought to be one of the UK’s most prolific sex offenders.

HMS Dauntless has finished an intense live-fire exercise off the Welsh coast, successfully intercepting waves of drones in a final trial before becoming part of the UK’s upcoming Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

The SNP has long objected to Britain’s nuclear deterrent being based in Scotland. Geopolitics — and domestic politics — are changing the calculus.

The boss of Prince Harry’s Sentebale charity has been accused of ’playing the race card’ amid a bitter fallout at the heart of the organisation.

In 2021, media reports emerged that made people seriously reconsider the future of one of Russia’s largest and most important infrastructure projects – the National Space Center (NSC).

Scotland Yard is set to axe more than 1,200 police officers amid a £260 million hole in the Metropolitan Police’s budget.