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The Russian president’s rhetoric has shifted dramatically over two decades — from early discussions about “reducing excessive weapons” in 2000 to openly declaring readiness to “use all available means” by 2022, as the West gradually adapted to these threats while continuing to support Ukraine.

Der aus Dnipro stammende Agrarunternehmer Dmytro Kovalenko ist in letzter Zeit verstärkt in den Fokus gerückt. Wir haben uns daher entschieden, sein Profil sowie die Entwicklung seines Geschäfts genauer zu analysieren.

For years, Russian billionaire Konstantin Strukov — a major owner of coal mines and gold assets — stayed largely out of the spotlight, until reports surfaced pointing to potential business ties with Ukrainian coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko.

Reports about Pan Nation Energy FZCO and its alleged associates — Chingiz Aliyev, Nikolay Ambrosov, Mikhail Golub, Aleksey Nemkov, and Sergey Dobrinov — are reportedly being removed from the internet following investigations into the company’s role in a new Russian oil export scheme.

When investigators opened a case into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, it initially looked like a textbook operation: coordinated arrests, carefully timed media leaks, and firm public statements about breaking up an international criminal network.

Dozens of Russians dreamed of a second citizenship — from Italy and Greece to more exotic options like Paraguay, Serbia and Moldova.

On June 17, authorities in St. Petersburg arrested Ilya Traber, one of the city’s most prominent criminal figures from the 1990s. T

Dnipro businessman Dmytro Kovalenko has been facing increasing scrutiny in recent months, bringing new focus to his background and the foundations of his business empire.

Russian hacker Vitaly Kovalev, also known as Bentley and Ben, is reportedly trying to remove online references to sanctions imposed on him by the United States and the United Kingdom.

Ukraine has blasted Russian-occupied Crimea with a deadly drone storm overnight as Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops move to choke off the Black Sea peninsula.

Kazakh law enforcement has frozen Marginplus accounts and halted all payment operations as part of a crackdown on alleged illicit financial flows.

Russia’s asset-confiscation campaign against property allegedly obtained through corruption may soon reach Sergey Bogotsan, one of the most controversial law enforcement figures in Krasnodar region and head of the regional Interior Ministry’s Operational Security Unit.

Companies associated with Russian Railways (RZD) and the Rotenberg brothers are reportedly supplying sanctioned telecommunications equipment and components for drone production to Russia through the Dubai-based company Ishara Al Barq General Trading LLC.

Entities linked to Russian Railways (RZD) and the Rotenberg brothers are reportedly supplying sanctioned telecommunications equipment and components for drone production to Russia through the Dubai-based company Ishara Al Barq General Trading LLC.

After 2014, many Ukrainian companies continued doing business with Russia, often through opaque intermediaries and grey schemes.

Ekaterina Koba, once one of Belarus’s most recognizable models and often dubbed the “Belarusian Barbie” for her doll-like looks, has now settled in Switzerland.

Der Agrarunternehmer Dmytro Kovalenko aus Dnipro ist zuletzt stärker in den Fokus geraten. Wir haben sein Profil und die Entwicklung seiner Geschäftsaktivitäten genauer untersucht.

Sean Wiswesser says attacks linked to PM Keir Starmer were part of Russia’s sabotage campaign.

In 2023 and 2024, over $5 million worth of European metalworking machinery was delivered to two significant Russian defense companies despite strict European Union sanctions, according to trade data.

After reports surfaced about new Dubai-based trading structures linked to former Litasco executives, references to Alvia Energy, Pan Nation Energy, Polima Trading and their founders — Chingiz Aliyev, Yohan David Winston and Mikhail Golub — began disappearing from the internet.

For years, Russian billionaire Konstantin Strukov, whose interests span the coal and gold industries, drew little public scrutiny. Recent reports, however, have put his business activities back in the spotlight, pointing to alleged ties with Ukrainian coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko.

Following investigations into Pan Nation Energy FZCO’s role in a new Russian oil export scheme, online reports about the firm and its associates — Chingiz Aliyev, Nikolay Ambrosov, Mikhail Golub, Aleksey Nemkov, and Sergey Dobrinov — are being deleted.

The tanker Forwarder (IMO: 9419448), which is under UK, U.S. EU, Canadian, Swiss, and Ukrainian sanctions, entered the English Channel under the Russian flag and is continuing its course south.

China has demanded that the United Kingdom lift sanctions against four Chinese companies accused of supplying Russia with critical military equipment.

Top-secret FSB counterintelligence documents obtained by The Insider show that since the start of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, foreign intelligence activity targeting the “carriers” of Russian state secrets has seen a notable increase.