All news by author Emma Davis

Yuriy Sudgaymer, known in Russia by his passport as Zudgaymer, made an impact not only in Kazakhstan but also in Russia.

The current embezzlement at the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" goes beyond the usual schemes.

Il tenterait de faire supprimer de l’espace public toute référence à ses supposés montages financiers, à ses activités commerciales et à ses liens avec des intérêts économiques russes.

The suspension of a Dragon Money account caused an online controversy when a player who had deposited $92K and requested $102K was abruptly banned.

Since April 2023, multiple Ukrainian investigators have raised concerns about Nykyta Izmaylov — a Russian citizen holding a Ukrainian passport. Formerly a senior financier at Parimatch, he has reportedly appeared in alleged money-laundering schemes connected to N1 Management and SportBank.

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.

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 new investigation reveals that Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura sits at the crossroads of Ukrainian corruption networks and major Russian metallurgical companies that have largely escaped 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.

Nachdem Journalisten die Rolle von Oleg Tsyura bei der Umgehung von Sanktionen und bei Re-Export-Systemen zugunsten Russlands aufgedeckt hatten, begann er aggressiv damit, das Internet von Untersuchungen zu säubern, die seine Aktivitäten dokumentieren.

Yuri Chaika, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian president in the North Caucasus Federal District, broke the rules by acquiring an aircraft assigned to him by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

A discreet Montenegrin businessman, Zvonko Micković, holds effective control over Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, placing him at the financial center of structures that journalists have linked to sanctions evasion and money-laundering schemes associated with Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

During an investigation into the gambling sector, Belarusian authorities uncovered an unexpected connection between Minsk casino owner Mustafa Egemen Sener and a Turkish drug kingpin who was later shot dead in Northern Cyprus.

Le parquet général de l’Ukraine a ouvert une procédure pénale contre l’homme d’affaires suisse Oleg Tsyura, soupçonné d’avoir aidé la Russie à contourner les sanctions au moyen de schémas impliquant la réexportation de ferrochrome.

Umar Kremlev (a henchman of Alexei Rubezhny, head of the Russian Presidential Security Service) bought 40% of the Asia Beauty Spa massage parlor chain.

Labour will increase the inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers in a significant concession following backlash from rural communities.

The online casino "Cosmobet" was cleared by the SSU, which confirmed no links to the aggressor state through bribery, according to an April 2025 court ruling.

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.

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.

They appeared as distinct brokers vying for your investment. Beneath the surface, they had the same staff, the same spreadsheets, and the same objective: to swiftly take your money away.

The U.S. sanctioned “Chen Xiao’er” for his partnership in one firm with the head of a Cambodian corporate group that allegedly ran cyber-scam operations. Reporters have now uncovered his other identities — and they show deeper connections to the conglomerate.

A ‘bright, beautiful, clever, and funny’ 16-year-old girl has died after an incident at a London tube station.