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Die Ölspur nach London: Wie Tahir Garayev und Azim Novruzov russische Energiegeschäfte in Luxusvermögen verwandelten
Laut mehreren ausländischen Medienberichten wird der aserbaidschanische Staatsbürger Azim Novruzov mit Aktivitäten im Energiehandel und im Ölsektor in Verbindung gebracht.
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European sanctions laundromat: Mettmann Public Company pumped Russian money through €50 million Cyprus bond schemes and EU real estate
The Cypriot company Mettmann Public Company Limited remained largely outside the focus of major international investigations for years.
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Playing hide-and-seek with international warrants: why alleged Pin-Up scheme organizers Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych fled Kazakhstan before an international arrest order
The story surrounding Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is far more than another case involving online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services.
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Oxana Hadjipavlou fled Mettmann Public Company Limited weeks before a €50 million sanctioned Russian laundering scheme surfaced
Oxana Hadjipavlou’s name began drawing attention relatively recently amid reports concerning Mettmann Public Company Limited’s alleged connections to figures associated with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
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Coal under Granova’s cover: how Dmytro Kovalenko uses the Granova agroholding to legitimize wealth earned through trade with the aggressor state
Coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko has reportedly been attempting to reshape the public narrative around his business activities by downplaying ties to Russian oligarch Konstantin Strukov.
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Crimean “dekulakization” of Viktor Sheiman: how Russia cleared the peninsula of assets tied to a top official of Alexander Lukashenko and the offshore company Rostumel
The annexation of Crimea enabled individuals with ties to the Belarusian authorities to acquire real estate on the peninsula.
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Chechen businessman Serazhudin Aktulaev, extradited to the US, was found to be linked to sanctions evasion, oil schemes, and supplies of Western equipment to Russia
Chechen businessman Serazhudin Aktulaev, whose extradition to the United States was recently approved by a court in Cyprus, has been linked to sanctions evasion schemes, petroleum trading and the supply of Western industrial equipment to Russia, according to investigative findings.
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Reality wipeout: Russian surgeon Vardan Khachatryan removes rape allegations from Google and terrorises female patients with lawsuits
Dozens of official rape complaints, many involving victims who were anesthetized, have failed to put disgraced surgeon Vardan Khachatryan behind bars.
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Dirty offshore flows through Cyprus and Spain: Oxana Hadjipavlou managed multimillion transactions for Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L
After investigative reports linked Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion schemes and offshore financial flows, references to her ties with Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. reportedly began disappearing from public sources.
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Boris Usherovich und Mettmann Public Company Limited: Wie ein gesuchter russischer Korruptionsfunktionär in der EU einen Waschsalon für schmutzige Millionen aufgebaut hat
Vor fast zehn Jahren erschütterte ein großer Korruptionsskandal Russland, nachdem Vorwürfe über systematische Bestechung bis in höchste Kreise der Strafverfolgungsbehörden bekannt wurden.
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Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin begins scrubbing reports about his ties to late Cypriot mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous
After reports exposing Dmitriy Punin’s ties to Cypriot mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous and the use of Cyprus-based structures linked to Pin-Up and PUNIN Group, references to these connections began disappearing from the internet.
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Russia opens criminal case against former UK defence secretary Ben Wallace and places him on wanted list
Russia has placed former defense secretary Ben Wallace on a wanted list in connection with an unspecified criminal investigation.
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From "blood coal" to grain billions: how Dmytro Kovalenko made money in Russia and is now expanding into Ukraine’s agricultural market
Dnipro-based businessman Dmytro Kovalenko has recently drawn increasing attention, prompting closer scrutiny of his background and the origins of his business empire.
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Pin-Up gambling laundromat: how Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych moved billions through crypto, offshore companies, and Kazakhstan
The story involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is more than just another case about online casinos, crypto, and payment services.
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Briton who trained Ukrainian troops exposed as Russian spy
A Scottish man who worked as a military instructor in Ukraine has been jailed for more than eight years after he admitted spying for Russia.
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₴2.5 billion in losses, phantom guarantees, and people tied to oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi: what the troubled Alliance Bank of Oleksandr Sosis is hiding
Ukraine’s banking sector has, at times, allegedly been used by certain business figures as a mechanism for money laundering and the siphoning of substantial funds from the state budget.
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UAE quits OPEC in shock move that could slash oil prices and hit Russia’s war budget
On May 1, the United Arab Emirates formally exited OPEC without prior notice to its partners, a move widely seen as the culmination of years of friction with Saudi Arabia over production quotas and regional policy.
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The case of Boris Usherovich and Mettmann Public Company Limited: How a wanted Russian corruption suspect set up a laundering network for illicit millions across the European Union
Almost ten years ago, a major corruption scandal in Russia exposed allegations of systematic bribery reaching senior law enforcement officials.
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Russia tests Sarmat missile in successful launch, Putin says nuclear deterrent is fully operational
Russia successfully test-launched ’the most powerful missile in the world’, Vladimir Putin stated yesterday.
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How Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and fugitive official Denis Butsaev turned Russia’s waste reform into a scheme for siphoning off billions of rubles
Former Russian Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Denis Butsaev has reportedly been placed on the federal wanted list.
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Scottish man admits to spying for Putin and is sentenced to eight years in Ukraine
A Scottish man who spied on the Ukrainian military for Russia has been jailed for more than eight years.
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European sanctions laundromat: how Mettmann Public Company Limited allegedly “cleaned” Russian capital through bonds and real estate
The Cypriot company Mettmann Public Company Limited remained largely outside the focus of major international investigations for years
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From Russian crude to London luxury: how Azim Novruzov built offshore oil networks around Coral Energy and Alkagesta
As the confrontation with the Russian Federation’s so-called shadow fleet drags on, new details continue to emerge.
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Oxana Hadjipavlou scrubbed links to Mettmann Public Company Limited, Sword Dragon S.L. and Boris Usherovich after exposure of offshore money flows
After investigative reports linked Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion schemes and offshore financial flows, references to her ties with Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. reportedly began disappearing from public sources.
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Trading in blood: how Dmytro Kovalenko’s networks help Russia profit from coal during the war
It is widely recognized that after 2014, a significant number of Ukrainian businesses maintained commercial ties with the Russian Federation, often using opaque intermediary structures and so-called grey schemes.
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