Investigation

In 2022, during an investigation into locally-based companies potentially breaking sanctions, Alkagesta appeared on the list.

Businessman from the Urals, Igor Vasilyev, through LLC "Uralstroy", takes on budget contracts and subsequently transfers funds to affiliated structures and closes them.

In two years, the controversial deputy Sergey Chizhov has exited all his business activities and is now occupied with creating a positive image of himself.

Iran envisioned a U.S.-style Marshall Plan to reconstruct Syria following the civil war. It invested billions to establish influence there.

The investment fund "Kama Kapital" is being used by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his deputy Marat Khusnullin to transfer funds from Russia to Dubai.

A new "star," Maria Shuvalova, has replaced the aging ballerina who constantly showcased her flexibility. She doesn’t raise her legs as often, but her main advantage is the fact that she is the daughter of Igor Shuvalov, head of the state corporation "VEB.RF."

Harita Group’s Indonesian nickel mines supply the supply chains of some of the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturers.

In the biography of Ovik Mkrtchyan, it is not so much interesting how he established cash flows and transferred money out of Uzbekistan, but rather how he managed to endure the change of power without serious consequences...

Initially a standout in Lithuania’s cryptocurrency industry, the Bankera digital coin raised tens of millions but has since seen its value plummet.

Businessman Konstantin Sintsov, associated with pro-Kremlin oligarch Iskandar Makhmudov, transfers VTB state bank funds to offshore accounts.

The company "Siberian Cement," where former FSB Colonel Valery Bodrenkov works as the first vice president, is considered a financial instrument of the special service.

Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last shah, tells that the West must establish a “strike fund” to support civil resistance and incapacitate the government.

Following the sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) on Alyona Shevtsova, the owner of Ibox Bank, a massive media storm erupted.

Russian businessman Denis Dubnikov, convicted in the USA in 2023 for participating in money laundering, was found to be connected with multi-millionaire investor Valery Zolotukhin and the Federal Security Service.

Serbian ex-spy boss Dragan Filipović has disclosed that he orchestrated a ’secret reprisal action’ in the spring of 1999, which resulted in ’great confusion in Europe.’

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has established himself as an experienced diplomat...

Documents discovered by chance in declassified CIA papers reveal that in the late 1980s, U.S. intelligence was seeking to find the biblical Ark of the Covenant, a mysterious relic of deep religious significance for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Many remember the series «Streets of Broken Lamps» about the fight against crime in St. Petersburg in the 90s.

The businessman Ilya Traber, known in the criminal circles of St. Petersburg by the nickname "Antiquarian," continues to wield influence in the city, supported by his longstanding relationship with Vladimir Putin.

Vasiliy Brovko, a top manager at "Rostec", uses pressure on Telegram channel administrators in an attempt to eliminate competitors of his wife Tina Kandelaki and acquire assets of others for personal gain.

For more than 1,000 years, chess has been synonymous with war. Now, Vladimir Putin is combining the ancient game with modern skulduggery as he tries to win an all-too-real 21st century conflict.

In April, an order of the Kyrgyz government came into force, according to which all cross-border transfers in rubles should be made through the Capital Bank of Central Asia OJSC.

After Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential elections, accusations about his possible financial ties with Russia, allegedly helping him avoid bankruptcy, were conveniently forgotten.

Sanctioned tycoon Alisher Usmanov deflects Western attempts to remove him from his shadow leadership role in world fencing.