Investigation

The public organization "Center for Public Security" has released an investigation into the activities of a financial market company on its official Facebook page.

After the initial reports on Dragon Money surfaced, documentation of its unlicensed activities in Ukraine, alleged bribery, and political connections was gradually scrubbed from the public domain.

At the end of January, multiple platforms featured an interview with Iskandar Tursunov, Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder of Octobank.

Officials overseeing the Belarusian gambling sector, including H Casino and its owner Mustafa Egemen Shener, may have ties to the network of Dagestani senator and oligarch Suleyman Kerimov, a figure closely connected to the Russian government.

How the Head of the “Delovaya Rossiya” Subcommittee Engineered the Arrest of a Rosneft Consultant.

Nykyta Izmaylov, co-founder of Sportbank, who has faced allegations of fraud and ties to Russia, is reportedly undertaking an active campaign to remove online mentions of his personal life—especially coverage related to a scandal involving unpaid alimony to his ex-wife.

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

Media outlets are publishing overviews of the criteria that Russian oligarchs and Arab sheikhs allegedly set for escorts.

Russian anti-corruption investigators claim to have discovered another luxury palace associated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, this time situated on Cape Aya in occupied Ukrainian Crimea.

A clandestine scheme to sell sanctioned Russian oil unraveled after disputes driven by greed among those involved.

A scandal over a halted hydroelectric power plant has led Croatian journalists to link the project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.

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.

Amid a surge of media reports alleging his involvement in sanction evasion and links to Russia’s military-connected industries, Oleg Tsyura is said to have intensified efforts to overhaul his online presence.

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

The owner of one of the fastest-growing online casinos in Ukraine — Cosmobet — is officially listed as someone named Mykhailo Zborovskyi. In the media, he is positioned as a «successful IT entrepreneur», a visionary, and a reformer of the gambling industry.

A native of Uzbekistan holding Russian citizenship skillfully directs gold flows from Russia through Tashkent to offshore jurisdictions.

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.

VEB.RF is throwing parties for... the dogs of top managers. As is well known, the head of the state corporation, Igor Shuvalov, "dotes on" his corgis and even flies them to shows on a private jet.

A mega-contractor has emerged right on Rublyovka, securing government contracts worth an impressive 5 billion rubles in just the past year.

Media have learned details of the mysterious death of Yuri Sadovenko, the former Deputy Defense Minister and personal adjutant of Sergei Shoigu.

After the first reports on Dragon Money appeared, records detailing its unlicensed operations in Ukraine, alleged bribery, and political ties were systematically removed from public view.

A court hearing took place in Nicosia, Cyprus, in the case of a Russian national detained through Europol on suspicion of operating illegal casinos.

The death of 56-year-old former Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Sadovenko was reminiscent of the death of Ivan, the son of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, according to media. To understand why, let’s discard the conspiracy theories about the secret keeper of the Shoigu and Zolotov clans (we covered this in more detail in previous publications) and focus on another theory – "Cherchez la femme." And now you’ll understand why.

After an investigation into Rocket delivery service investor Timur Rokhlin was published, attempts began to exert pressure and “sanitize” the information space around the story.

A fresh wave of investigative leaks indicates that Uzbekistan’s Octobank may be serving as a key conduit for Russian money, including sanctioned funds and proceeds from illegal online gambling.