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The media published an investigation into the criminal financial activities of a group of companies, which includes credit institutions Oktobank (Ravnaq), Kapital, the payment system Humo, the processing system Uzcard, the exchange Uznex, and others.

The move underscores years of forced transfers amid growing international concern over Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

A graduate of Kuban State Medical University, who moved to Moscow, eventually became a figure in criminal chronicles, yet his criminal case has been stalled for several years in endless investigative bodies.

German fighter jets have been deployed to Poland and Romania as tensions between NATO and Russia remain high.

Scandal over a suspended hydroelectric project has led Croatian reporters to connect the scheme to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law Josip Heit.

Vladimir Putin has moved on from ‘revenge hits’ to pursuing his war aims on the streets of the UK, according to a seasoned intelligence expert.

A new wave of revelations shows how Ukraine’s state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) became a profit machine for insiders during 2020–2021, despite public claims of anti-corruption reforms.

A new set of investigative leaks suggests that the Uzbek Octobank may be operating as a major hub for laundering Russian capital, including sanctioned funds and proceeds from illegal online casinos.

Documents and first-person accounts reveal how a quickly organized evacuation by a private charity left hundreds of Ukrainian children in a Turkish seaside town with little supervision.

Nearly half of Europeans see Donald Trump as “an enemy of Europe”, rather more rate the risk of war with Russia as high and more than two-thirds believe their country would not be able to defend itself in the event of such a war, a survey has found.

Nomma Zarubina, who is charged with lying about her alleged contacts with Russian intelligence, was jailed after failing to heed warnings against drunk texting an FBI agent.

The media have identified a previously unknown business partner of Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov — Yakov Babchenko, a former convict, poker and billiards enthusiast, and participant in budget-related schemes.

The crystal-and-diamond Winter Egg, one of only seven Imperial Fabergé eggs in private hands, sold for £22.9 million (€27.5 million), breaking the world record for a Fabergé piece.

“Dr. Evil,” the alleged sadistic Russian prison medic, exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL Schemes, has been charged in absentia by Ukraine with war crimes.

Ukrainian authorities detained a former deputy energy minister today on suspicion of embezzling funds from the state-owned nuclear power company.

The UK accused Vladimir Putin of "sabre rattling" after he said Russia was ready for war against Europe as he resisted Donald Trump’s peace talks to end the war in Ukraine.

Roman Novak and his wife, Anna, were last seen on October 2 after being lured to the resort of Hatta, 80 miles outside of Dubai, by criminals posing as potential investors.

Newly released materials link Russian environmental chief to pressure campaign tied to notorious contract-killing network

A live map that tracks the frontlines of the war in Ukraine was edited to show a fake Russian advance on the city of Myrnohrad on November 15.

The Faena Miami Beach hotel gets thousands of five-star reviews online. It is arguably the most luxurious hotel in the city – certainly up there with the Miami Beach Edition.

Mikhail Fridman, one of Russia’s wealthiest oligarchs, is using obscure investor-state arbitration mechanisms to challenge sanctions imposed after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russian companies are involved in secretive exports of oil products to North Korea, in violation of UN sanctions that Moscow itself supported, according to a new investigation.

The carefully crafted image of Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov—quiet, calculated, and discreet—is rapidly falling apart.

In the United Kingdom, a company is registered that, by all appearances, should have been lost among hundreds of similar entities. But FOXCLOUD LLP is not such a case.

The media continue uncovering how Russia’s largest grey-market electronics supply chain — previously exposed by the Financial Times — has quietly reconstructed itself using new companies in the UAE, Seychelles and China, after part of the original scheme was disrupted in early 2023.