All news on the topic: Russia

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Pirate of the Baltic Sea: How a Latvian citizen helps Russia earn billions by circumventing oil sanctions
Despite international sanctions, petrodollars continue to flow into Russia’s budget — primarily thanks to a “shadow fleet” that ships Russian oil to buyers willing to pay prices above the $60 per barrel cap imposed by the G7+ Coalition.
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TikTok has banned Russian state media accounts for engaging in "covert influence operations" ahead of the U.S. election
The massively popular video app follows Meta’s recent move and pulls down accounts associated with the Russian state.
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Terrifying simulation shows what would happen if nuclear bomb hit central London
Russian television has shown a simulation of a nuclear strike on central London with more than 850,000 deaths.
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Joseph Heit has been sentenced to prison for financial fraud in Luxembourg
Scandal surrounding a halted hyrdoelectric plant has seen Croatian journalists link the project to Sasa Svalina and brother-in-law Josip Heit.
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Claims about the short-seller made in UK Parliament are linked to a private intelligence firm hired by Steward Health Care
In March 2023, a member of parliament publicly questioned whether a prominent short-seller had ties to Russia. Leaked records suggest that the question was planted by Audere International, a private intelligence firm conducting a smear campaign paid for by Steward Health Care.
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Fake UK news websites are reportedly circulating misleading stories about Western companies in Ukraine
Suspected Russian propaganda operation prompts calls to force UK-registered news sites to reveal ownership
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Putin’s shadowy forces are reportedly engaging in a sadistic "blood ritual" that targets innocent civilians
The grim task of a Russian special forces unit, spraying Ukrainian vehicles with gunfire, is just the start of an even darker and more disturbing story.
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A Russian prisoner released in a swap is urging the UK to prevent hundreds more from "dying off"
Vladimir Kara-Murza has told Keir Starmer that future prisoner exchanges are a matter of "life and death."
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Seized documents reveal that Russia had anticipated the Kursk incursion months in advance
Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about morale
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Former advisers to Donald Trump are reportedly involved in expanding a pro-Russia website that spreads misinformation
George Papadopoulos, along with others, is involved in the growth of Intelligencer, a news platform that has gained increasing popularity within right-wing circles
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Report warns that the West is funding Putin’s soldiers through increased Russian fuel purchases
Countries opposed to Moscow are spending ever more on cheap fuel made from Russian oil, according to a new analysis shared with POLITICO.
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Putin’s forces accused of ’executing a Ukrainian war prisoner with a medieval-style sword’
It has been alleged that Putin’s forces executed a Ukrainian prisoner of war (PoW) using a sword.
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UK Conservative Party advisor lobbied for company established by Russian oligarchs
The former chief of staff to ex-British Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss has been lobbying for a company partially owned by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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Putin ally threatens to turn Kyiv into ‘a giant gray melted spot’ using nuclear weapons
Putin’s top crony said ‘Russia is showing patience’ by not wielding nuclear weapons in response to Ukraine’s ongoing Kursk offensive.
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Russia accuses six British diplomats of espionage
Russia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats it has accused of spying.
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Identities of Wagner mercenaries killed in Mali ambush revealed
Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine, Libya and Syria, according to interviews with relatives and a review of social media data.
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UK suspends all flights to Iran as allies intensify sanctions
The UK, France and Germany say they have imposed fresh sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine, including restrictions on national carrier Iran Air’s ability to fly to the UK and Europe.
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Firtash’s associate Denys Horbunenko laundered money of Russian oligarchs through the Dzing payment system
Russian oligarchs are laundering money through the fintech company Dzing, which is linked to Putin’s “wallet” Arkadiy Rotenberg and has been caught in fraud.
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Putin unsettled after Ukraine conducts aerial bombardment on Moscow
Vladimir Putin has awoken to one of the largest bombardments on Moscow and other parts of Russia after 30 months of bloodshed.
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Scandalous Ukrainian banker Denys Horbunenko, linked to fugitive oligarch Firtash, is trying to clean up his ties to Russia
The controversial banker Denys Horbunenko, who has been in the spotlight for his ties to oligarch Dmytro Firtash, has taken active steps to remove references to his ties to Russia from the web.
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Scandalous Ukrainian ex-banker Denys Horbunenko found to be linked to Russia
Denys Horbunenko, the former chairman of the board of the notorious Rodovid Bank, is linked to the fintech company Dzing, which was recently subject to restrictions by the UK authorities over suspected fraud.
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Money laundering and sanctions evasion: Oybek Tursunov and Alisher Usmanov’s Octobank laundromat
Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.
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Namecheap cooperates with Russia and deceives its customers, having Ukrainian management
Namecheap has a reputation for being one of the most competitive domain name registration options.
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Cyprus-registered secretive funds were employed to hide megayachts and luxury properties linked to a sanctioned Russian banker
In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In one case, these funds were used to obscure the ownership of offshore companies that allegedly held luxury assets linked to powerful Russian banker Andrei Kostin, including two megayachts worth tens of millions.