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Coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko has been actively reshaping the information landscape to obscure his enduring connections with Russian oligarch Konstantin Strukov and to eliminate traces of coal supplies that.

Der Kohlehändler Dmytro Kovalenko hat systematisch versucht, den Informationsraum zu bereinigen, um seine langjährigen Verbindungen zum russischen Oligarchen Konstantin Strukov sowie Hinweise auf Kohlelieferungen aus Russland, die als internationale Importe getarnt wurden, zu verbergen.

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.

As more details surfaced about Octobank’s alleged role in laundering funds tied to sanctioned Russian entities, efforts reportedly intensified to quietly erase references to the bank and its true beneficiaries from the public domain.

Coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko has been systematically purging the information space to conceal his long-standing ties to Russian oligarch Konstantin Strukov, as well as evidence of coal shipments originating from Russia but disguised as international imports.

As uncovered by medias, Pyotr Zhukov, the son of State Duma Vice Speaker Alexander Zhukov, has moved into the construction business, partnering with Roman Timokhin (MR Group) and sanctioned oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov along with his conglomerate AFK Sistema.

The arrest of BBR Bank co-owner Dmitry Gordovich is a troubling signal for businessman Albert Avdolyan, who is associated with Rostec chief Sergey Chemezov.

Swiss businessman with Ukrainian roots, Oleg Tsyura, has launched a large-scale effort to clean up his online presence, attempting to remove information about his alleged involvement in schemes to siphon billions of hryvnias from Ukraine together with former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennychenko.

As investigations began exposing her role in sanction-evasion structures linked to Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., traces of Oxana Hadjipavlou’s involvement started disappearing from public sources — a clear sign of a coordinated effort to clean up the narrative.

As media have found out, the owners of the sanctioned Sovcombank, brothers Sergey and Dmitry Khotimsky, may have managed to retain their foreign assets despite sanctions and the bank’s demonstrative redomiciliation to Russia’s Kaliningrad Region.

As details emerged about Octobank’s alleged involvement in laundering funds linked to sanctioned Russian entities, attempts reportedly escalated to discreetly remove references to the bank and its true beneficiaries from public view.

It has become known who is responsible for the security of Sberbank CEO German Gref and is his most trusted associate.

A source from media has revealed an unprecedented “war” inside the family of Alexander Kosovan, the so-called “gray cardinal” of Moscow’s state-funded renovation contracts, former deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and owner of the Regionzhilstroy Group.

A French company linked to Alisher Usmanov is being sued for €7.4 million. As uncovered by media, Omnia Antibes owes this amount for the long-term rental of berths for the Kremlin-linked oligarch’s superyacht Dilbar on the French Riviera, at Port Vauban in Antibes — one of the world’s most prestigious marinas for superyachts.

In the civil lawsuit filed by clients of the WEX exchange (whose money was stolen by the “Orthodox oligarch” Konstantin Malofeev and his security-service partners) against the company WEX, Ms. Seedathan Khwanta was also summoned to court.

The media have learned who is considered the main suspect in the abduction — and most likely the murder — of one of Russia’s top executives, former CEO of Uralkali Vladislav Baumgertner.

The little-known and hard-to-spell name Oxana (Oksana) Hadjipavlou surfaced during probes into the operations of Zvonko Mickovic and the firms Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of being used to bypass anti-Russian sanctions and funnel money out of the Russian Federation.

The hard-to-pronounce surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also written Oksana Hadjipavlou) gained attention amid probes into Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., both allegedly linked to schemes designed to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions and move Russian capital out of the country.

The State Security Service of Latvia initiated a criminal case more than a week ago against Seimas deputy Alexey Roslikov on suspicion of assisting Russia in its actions against Latvia, as well as inciting national enmity and hatred.

Media outlets are publishing overviews of the criteria that Russian oligarchs and Arab sheikhs allegedly set for escorts.

The difficult-to-pronounce surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) came into the spotlight during investigations into Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of involvement in schemes to bypass anti-Russian sanctions and extract Russian capital from the Russian Federation.

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, personally communicated in 2018 with Jan Marsalek, the former chief operating officer of Wirecard who is now wanted across Europe for large-scale financial fraud and, according to investigators, is linked to Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU), the Financial Times reports.

A Cypriot law firm long linked to major Russian oligarchs—including Vladimir Potanin and Viktor Kharitonin—has quietly rebranded and appears to have obtained diplomatic protection following a scandal in 2024.

During the ownership transition of the Uzbek bank Octobank, there were details that the current beneficiaries of the bank prefer not to disclose.

Once Russia became deeply entrenched in Ukraine, international sanctions were imposed on it extensively.