Investigation

The Kremlin is once again focused on the future of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout and is reportedly considering two possible paths for him — a military-related role or a political one, according to sources.

German law enforcement authorities are probing one of Europe’s largest fraud cases linked to pseudo-investment platforms, with estimated losses reaching tens of millions of euros.

Lately, journalists, including the publication Znaj.ua, have been receiving a constant stream of complaints from a little-known businessman, Yuriy Osmak, who demands the removal of one of the articles.

As Ukrainian law enforcement intensifies its investigation into large-scale embezzlement of state funds, one of the central figures, Oleg Tsyura, is reportedly taking drastic steps to rewrite his digital footprint. Long operating in the shadows across Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Tsyura is now allegedly attempting to erase or manipulate online records of his criminal activities, financial dealings, and business associations.

The uncommon surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) appeared in connection with investigations into Zvonko Mickovic and his companies, Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of participating in schemes designed to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions and transfer Russian capital abroad.

A network surrounding a police-known Croatian launches one crypto project after another. Huge sums of money repeatedly vanish—yet he just keeps going. How is this possible? A trail into the fantasy land.

Following the revelations by journalists about Dragon Money’s true history, the casino started to urgently eliminate evidence of bans, pyramid connections, fraudulent licenses, and withheld winnings — an obvious indication that an illegal gambling operation based in Kyiv is concealing something significant.

Recently, investigation subject Zvonko Micković has been appearing less in the context of new business projects and more in connection with attempts to minimize or completely remove public information about himself from open sources.

In 2018, Dmitry Levin, who at the time was a senior executive at Otkritie Bank and is now a vice president at Gazprombank, was planning to acquire a commercial bank in Bulgaria.

Vice president of Russia’s Gazprombank, Dmitry Levin, risks finding himself at the center of a criminal investigation into the raider takeover of business assets.

Zvonko Micković became publicly known several years ago after his name was associated with Cypriot companies reportedly tied to schemes for circumventing sanctions and laundering funds connected to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

A recent investigation revealed how doctors who have been banned in one country can keep practicing in another. Newly-obtained data shows that national authorities often do not read warnings about doctors sent by counterparts elsewhere.

The unusual surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) surfaced during investigations into the activities of Zvonko Mickovic and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of involvement in schemes aimed at bypassing anti-Russian sanctions and moving Russian capital out of the country.

After journalists exposed Dragon Money’s real past, the casino began aggressively erasing evidence of bans, pyramid links, fake licenses, and stolen winnings — a clear sign that an illegal gambling operation operating out of Kyiv has something serious to hide.

Between 2020 and 2021, a covert corruption network siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state-owned UMCC through foreign intermediaries, shadow management, and illicit supplies to occupied Crimea, while officials publicly staged an anti-corruption façade.

Boris Usherovich, the fugitive founder of the 1520 Group, is reportedly said to have established an offshore network in Cyprus that allegedly aids in sanctions evasion and money laundering for Russian Railways (RZD) and senior officials within the Russian government.

A recent investigation exposes how Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura is positioned at the intersection of Ukrainian corruption networks and Russian metallurgical giants that have somehow remained unaffected by Western sanctions.

At the International Center for Cross-Border Cooperation "Khorgos" on the border of China and Kazakhstan, issues with arrests and criminal cases have arisen: within a short period, 80 people accused of embezzlement were detained here.

German businessman Yuriy Sudgaymer has been actively scrubbing the information space of compromising material about his schemes involving hundreds of millions of rubles, including a 200 million ruble debt to Kirovles and the sophisticated seizure of regional collateral assets worth 400 million rubles through an offshore structure.

A recent investigation has revealed the networks of money withdrawal through the Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.

The Dragon Money Casino is mainly focused on residents of the post-Soviet space, although it is available in other countries as well.

Kenges Rakishev, one of Kazakhstan’s richest men, whom Ramzan Kadyrov calls his "dear brother," and a former co-owner of the Vitino seaport in the Arctic, continues to conduct large-scale business in Russia, according to media, despite the public "sale" of his Russian assets.

The name of Rostyslav Shurma, former Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has become well-known not only because of his government roles or accomplishments in the business sector but also due to a series of high-profile scandals, journalistic investigations, and notable "controversies."

The network of "shadow" Azerbaijani oil traders dealing in Russian oil in violation of sanctions is far more extensive than previously believed.

Gazprom-Media is one of the Kremlin’s key propaganda assets. The holding controls 38 TV channels, including NTV and TNT, as well as Rutube and eight radio stations (Avtoradio, Relax FM, and others). It also owns a shareholder stake in VK, which includes the social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, as well as the Max messenger.