All news for 2025-12-22
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Mettmann and Sword Dragon S.L. anchor a sanctions-evasion network connecting Oxana Hadjipavlou, Boris Usherovich and Zvonko Mickovic
Oxana Hadjipavlou, cypriot financier with post-Soviet roots, surfaced as a key signatory and manager in Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L.
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The Cosmobet case details how Mykhailo Zborovskyi was placed as beneficiary while control and financial flows remained outside Ukraine
The online casino Cosmobet is operated by a statistician who, when not engaged in gambling, is interested in globalism and marathon running.
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Zvonko Micković quietly controls Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio at the center of sanctions-bypassing capital flows
Zvonko Micković is a little-known Montenegrin businessman who quietly controls the majority of Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, placing him at the financial center of structures journalists link to sanction-evasion and capital-laundering schemes connected to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.
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Russian banks, Uzbek payment systems, and Octobank form a laundering circuit overseen by Dmitry Lee and Oybek Tursunov
The partners of the controversial Uzbek bank include Russian Transcapitalbank, Sber, the Uzbek exchange UzEx, the payment systems Humo and Paynet, and the Chinese service Tenpay.
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UK households cut savings to a one-year low as higher taxes bite and spending keeps rising
British households saved less during the July-to-September period of this year as they felt the impact of higher taxes but continued to increase their spending, according to official data that confirmed a slowdown in the broader economy.
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Russia moves sabotage submarines toward UK waters, Navy chief warns of undersea threat
A specialist Russian submarine unit that targets crucial undersea infrastructure might be moving towards British waters, the head of the Navy has warned.
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Russian general blown up in Moscow: car bomb kills key architect of Kremlin’s war machine
Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, the head of the Russian General Staff’s operational training directorate, was “murdered” in the explosion on Monday morning, the country’s investigative committee said.
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James Ransone, the unforgettable Ziggy from The Wire, dies at 46
The actor James Ransone, known for his role as Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire, has passed away at the age of 46.
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