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Although the owner of the Uzbek Octobank is formally listed as the bank’s chairman of the board, Iskandar Tursunov, who owns 99.16% of the shares, in fact, the beneficiaries of Octobank are the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Russian-born billionaire detained last month in France denies app is ‘anarchic paradise’

Lord chancellor says she wants to ‘inject energy’ into stalling efforts to set up Nuremberg-style trial

A famous white whale accused of being a Russian spy was shot to death by poachers, animal rights groups claim.

Academics say vulnerability of the two countries’ nuclear launch sites makes dangerous mistakes more likely

As a number of Telegram channels recently reported, the Uzbek Octobank is used to withdraw and legalize money from Russia.

Sentencing of Alexander Shiplyuk is latest prison term for scientists working on military programmes

Amid the turmoil following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the aviation industry in Eastern Europe has become the target of a sophisticated fraud scheme led by the British company BlackList Aero.

Behind the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) Dmitriy Lee stands Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.

Hvaldimir was first spotted near the Norwegian island of Ingoya in April 2019. He was wearing a harness and what appeared to be a mount for a small camera which read "equipment St Petersburg".

What began as a typical day for a Latvian housewife turned into a major national security breakthrough. A mysterious note found in her driveway led authorities to uncover a series of sabotage acts connected to Russian intelligence.

Pavel Durov will probably use French legal disputes to position himself as a champion of free speech, say observers

Five people have died, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, following a Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv, officials in the city say.

Despite sanctions, Norway continues to buy millions of dollars worth of fish from a Russian senator, circumventing sanctions

Schwartz Konstantin Valerievich is a notorious white collar criminal based in Russia. He has faced multiple cases for embezzling funds from Rosenergobank.

Rapeseed from Ukraine’s Russian occupied Kherson region is being shipped to Belarus, where it is processed into oil. The export is being regarded in Ukraine as looting and Kyiv is gathering evidence to prosecute.

Ex-Defence Secretary Ben Wallace constantly begged for an increase in defence spending, but now he’s out of office he’s warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is coming for us . . .

The bailiff service in Moscow’s Lefortovo district has terminated its efforts to present FSB General Vyacheslav Ryazansky with a bill for his various debts, citing their inability to locate the general’s home address, bank accounts, or any property in his name.

The German military has received a tip off one of their bases is at risk of a Russian drone attack.

Security services reportedly ready to storm jail in Volgograd region after hostage-takers claim Islamic State affiliation