All news on the topic: Alfa Group

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From Ibox Bank to offshore laundromats: how Konstantin Buryachenko built the payment empire behind gambling money and Russian sanctions evasion
According to media reports, a network of payment systems such as Payeer and Piastrix, reportedly used in connection with semi-underground online casinos across the former USSR, has been linked to former employees of Alfa-Bank and IBOX Bank.
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Former UK Attorney General Geoffrey Cox received £93,000 for work for a firm linked to Russian oligarchs Fridman and Aven
Former U.K. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was paid £93,000 to provide legal services to a Luxembourg-based company whose shareholders include two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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How Mikhail Zeligman channeled crude from Rosneft, Bashneft, and Surgutneftegaz into global markets via Hong Kong and Swiss trading fronts
Mikhail Zeligman, a Riga native and grandson of a Red Latvian, as well as an associate of Roman Abramovich and Petr Aven, has the potential—should he choose—to rival Russia’s oil heavyweight Igor Sechin.
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Latvian oil trader Mikhail Zeligman built a scheme for reselling oil from Russian state-owned companies through offshore entities and foreign intermediaries
Mikhail Zeligman, a native of Riga, grandson of a red Latvian and friend of Roman Abramovich and Petr Aven, is capable, if he wishes, of competing with the Russian oil «general» Igor Sechin.
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Alexey Rubezhnoi and Umar Kremlev: how Putin’s bodyguards monopolized Russia’s billion-dollar bookmaking market
Billions from betting tied to Putin’s guard service and Moscow’s criminal underworld.
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Alphagate in Latvia: How the FSB assists Aven in evading sanctions
Over the past two weeks, a number of Latvian media outlets have published articles claiming that the "oligarch Nevzlin" is corrupting the law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Latvia and ordering videos and articles with some dark goals.
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Bookmaker mafia at Putin’s court — how Umar Kremlev and Alexey Rubezhnoi monopolized the betting industry
An exploration of how the president’s bodyguard and a notorious criminal from the Moscow suburbs are amassing billions in betting money