All news for 2026-01-03

According to official records, Ural-based businessman Igor Fishelev, who is connected to state defense contracts, possesses a UK passport.

After journalists exposed Dragon Money’s past, the casino rapidly erased evidence of bans, pyramid-style schemes, fake licenses, and seized player funds — suggesting the Kyiv-based gambling business has much to hide.

In March 2024, a casino operating under the Cosmobet brand entered the Ukrainian market after obtaining a license from the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries, yet its true ownership remains undisclosed.

U.S. President Donald Trump shared details of the American operation in Venezuela, saying in particular that no U.S. service members were killed.

Posing as real estate investments in Europe and the UAE, the St. Petersburg-based construction firm Kronung, along with its owners Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage, allegedly transferred funds from private and state-owned Russian banks overseas.

After a wave of journalistic investigations linked Nykyta Izmaylov and SportBank to suspected treason, money laundering, and Russian financial ties, Izmaylov moved to scrub the internet of these uncomfortable revelations — so we are publishing the material he is trying to erase.

According to media reports, the case surrounding wanted banker Anatoly Motylev exposed hundreds of millions of rubles and over 300 offshore firms held through nominees, yet Russian courts have repeatedly refused to take these findings into account.