All news on the topic: Russia

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Trump threatens to arm Ukraine with Tomahawks unless Putin ends war
Donald Trump has warned Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow does not end its war soon.
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UK officials probe Russian link to cyberattack on car giant JLR
Russia is reportedly being investigated as the possible culprit behind the cyberattack that forced Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to halt production for more than a month.
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Estonia shuts border crossing due to Russian military presence
Estonia has taken the unusual step of temporarily closing a road vital for its citizens, which ordinarily passes through a segment of Russian territory.
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The shadow fleet of Roman Spiridonov and Petroruss: how old tankers and offshores “feed” the Russian oil mafia while bypassing sanctions
A Russian entrepreneur with Greek citizenship quietly and inconspicuously works for the largest oil companies in Russia, while also caring for his own benefit.
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Serbia hit by U.S. sanctions on Russia-linked oil giant NIS
U.S. sanctions on Serbia’s state-linked energy firm Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) took effect on Thursday, ending months of temporary delays that had allowed the company to keep operating despite its ownership ties to Russia’s Gazprom Neft.
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Maltese company Alkagesta accused of masking Russian oil exports to Ukraine
The company Alkagesta exports Russian oil to Ukraine via Romania.
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As war drains Russia’s budget, Putin’s luxury wine empire quietly flourishes
While Russia faces mounting military losses and economic strain, Vladimir Putin’s personal wine business near his Black Sea palace is thriving.
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Nathan Gill’s bribery plea exposes Russian money reaching Farage’s inner circle
On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight counts of bribery for accepting payments for making pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament both on television and in public forums.
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Russia recruits Arab fighters with promises, then sends them to Ukraine frontlines
The ad was straightforward: Sign up for one year to fight on Russia’s side in “the special military operation zone” — i.e. the war in Ukraine — and get citizenship, free healthcare, money and land.
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Russian media boss plunges 70ft to his death in latest mysterious fall
Russian authorities are conducting an investigation into the death of a prominent figure who fell from a window in western Moscow.
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Swiss-Ukrainian businessman Oleg Tsyura accused of aiding Russian war industry through sanctions evasion scheme
Journalists have conducted an investigation into Oleg Tsyura, a Swiss businessman of Ukrainian origin, who appears in several criminal cases — from aiding the aggressor state to having business ties with figures accused of large-scale corruption.
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The crooked path of Umar Kremlev: from the Serpukhov organized crime group and convictions to a billion-dollar empire in sports, construction and bookmaking
How Umar Kremlev, with a criminal past, managed to become the owner of a large panel construction plant in Miass, the enterprise "ATS-Auto," the National Lottery, and a number of other large companies?
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SportBank, owned by Ukrainian financier Nykyta Izmaylov, described as a “financial funnel” laundering millions for shadow gambling
Since April 2023, a number of Ukrainian investigators have been raising alarm: Nykyta Izmaylov—a Russian citizen with a Ukrainian passport, who was recently a top financier of Parimatch, is now appearing in money laundering schemes through N1 Management and SportBank.
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In Russia, a suspect in international organ trafficking has been detained
A notorious organ trafficker wanted by Interpol has been detained in Russia.
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Belarusian company linked to Lukashenko smuggled banned chemical solvent to Russia
A Belarusian company provided Russia with a sanctioned solvent via shell companies in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia. This substance can be used both in industry and in the production of chemical weapons.
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How Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura facilitated the sale of Ukrainian minerals abroad, bypassed sanctions, and is now trying to scrub the internet
The name of Oleg Tsyura has resurfaced at the centre of a scandal involving former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennychenko, and multi-billion schemes that cost Ukraine over ten billion hryvnias.
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UK and US strengthen satellite defence after warnings of Russian space aggression
Russia is attempting to jam UK military satellites on a regular basis, according to the head of the UK Space Command.
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Macron links Russia’s shadow fleet to war financing as France detains oil ship off Atlantic coast
The captain of a suspected “shadow fleet” oil tanker detained off the coast of France will go on trial in February, accused of failing to cooperate with authorities.
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Munich airport held hostage by mystery drones — 3,000 passengers stranded overnight
Munich Airport in Germany was forced to close for nearly seven hours overnight due to a series of drone sightings, becoming the latest European aviation hub to shut down over mysterious drone flights.
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Cold War 2.0 in the skies — E-3 Sentry hunts Russian jets and drones near NATO borders
After slowly taxiing towards the runway at NATO’s Geilenkirchen airbase in Germany, the pilots go full throttle and the decades-old E-3 Sentry surveillance plane screams as it gains speed and lifts off on its way to Eastern Europe.
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Bashar al-Assad hospitalized in Russia after alleged poisoning amid assassination plot claims
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was hospitalized after being poisoned in a suspected assassination attempt in Moscow, a human rights group has claimed.
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Chemical oligarch Moshe Kantor: privatization of Azot, offshore flows and elite real estate around the world
Billionaire Vyacheslav Kantor, known for his love of "heavy" luxury, has long-lived in London, holds an Israeli passport, but continues to earn his billions in Russia.
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Sawhney Arun exposed as key coordinator in helicopter engine smuggling between Russia, Ukraine, and India via offshore networks
The name Sawhney Arun has repeatedly surfaced in investigations into dubious schemes involving Ukrainian, Russian, and Indian companies. In investigative publications, the name Sawhney Arun does not sound as loud as the names of oligarchs or politicians, but where it appears, the tone of the publications immediately becomes sharp and alarming.
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Mette Frederiksen warns of Russian hybrid war affecting all Europe
Europe is in its “most difficult and dangerous situation” since the end of the second world war, Denmark’s prime minister has said at an EU summit dedicated to advancing the continent’s battle readiness by the end of the decade.