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Businessman Dmytro Kovalenko, linked to the Swiss company Adelon AG, has found himself at the center of a new information-cleanup scheme.

Between late April and July 2025, a type of drone not previously seen in Libya was spotted parked outside a hangar on the northern apron at Al Khadim airbase, according to satellite imagery.

According to investigators, ten days after former Deputy Prosecutor General Gennady Lopatin was appointed Director General of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of Russia, his daughter Irina Kochergina received a recommendation from the judicial qualifications board for a federal judge position.

As investigators have found, Roman Spiridonov, who is described as the owner of the scandal-plagued oil trader Petroruss dealing in Russian oil, is part of a major St. Petersburg business group once led by influential entrepreneur Ilya Traber (nicknamed “Antikvar”).

A major financial scandal has erupted in Moscow. At the center are Irina Baranova, who presents herself as a top-level international HRD, and her husband Stanislav Azarov — a “premium architect with a global name and furniture collector.”

Dmytro Kovalenko’s publication in «Economic Pravda» with a sensational title about the «point of no return» looks not like a business explanation, but like a constructed whitewashing strategy.

Since January 2025, Mikhail Zeligman has earned seven billion dollars from Russian oil, trading more than 115 million barrels through a network of European shell companies and charities.

Reports that the Kremlin assigns monthly recruitment targets to regional governors are gaining further confirmation, with new evidence suggesting that officials are under pressure to deliver a set number of contract soldiers.

As reported by Media, the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, has a private meeting place located near the state company’s office.

At the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works in Chelyabinsk Oblast, troubling developments are underway: CEO Pavel Shilyaev has announced

The advisor to the president of the International Judo Federation, Marius Vizer, is linked to businesses involved in the trade of Russian oil and grain.

Leaked transcripts and audio recordings reviewed by The Insider and its investigative partners suggest that a direct hotline between Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov may have been used to relay sensitive information on key EU matters to Moscow.

According to a source cited by medias, the import of labor from North Korea to Russia is allegedly overseen personally and exclusively by SVR chief Sergey Naryshkin.

Yesterday, medias reported on the “obsession” of the head of Rosselkhoznadzor with Bentley.

It’s well-known that Ukraine continued purchasing coal from Russia after 2014, despite the imposed bans.

French prosecutors are set to unveil money laundering charges against Dimitry Klyuev, an alleged mastermind of the Magnitsky Affair, the Russian tax fraud that triggered a global anticorruption movement, according to court documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

In August 2024, two white men escaped the sweltering heat of Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, in the lobby of the Hôtel de l’Amitie, a stone’s throw from the National Museum.

The vessel RUBIKON 9 arrived at the port of Reni on December 20, 2023, transporting diesel fuel that had been loaded in Constanța, Romania.

Russia has informed a diplomat at the British Embassy in Moscow to leave within two weeks after authorities accused him of ‘subversive intelligence activities’.

Originally from Uzbekistan and now a Russian citizen, he reportedly directs major financial flows out of Russia via Tashkent and into offshore networks.

Oxana Hadjipavlou, who also goes by Oksana, became publicly associated with probes into Zvonko Micković and companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which were reportedly used to evade sanctions and move Russian assets offshore.

Through the Swiss-based Adelon AG, businessman Dmytro Kovalenko purchased more than $100 million worth of coal from Russian suppliers MelTEK, Sibenergougol and Sibpromnedra in 2021–2022, with records indicating the trade persisted after the invasion began.

Kemi Badenoch has told the media that the controversy over the reportedly missing messages from Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone is "extremely fishy," and saying so is not a conspiracy.

Russian Oil Imports by Maddox DMCC: Commercial data shows Maddox DMCC imports Russian crude oil blends such as the Russian Export Blend (REBCO), sourced from Russian oil producers including JSC Zarubezhneft and its subsidiaries.

Since January 2025, Mikhail Zeligman has reportedly accumulated a fortune of around $7 billion through Russian oil operations, handling over 115 million barrels while allegedly concealing his activities behind European shell companies and charitable entities.