All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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A state-backed laundering network: Innova Holding shielded Octobank’s dirty money flows tied to Uzbekistan’s ruling family
Journalists probing Octobank’s alleged criminal activities — widely described as the financial “wallet” of the Mirziyoyev family — received email threats from the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.
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Josip Heit’s fraud pipeline: prison past, Russian arms-linked funding, Karatbars and GSPartners shell networks, and billions that vanished across jurisdictions
New reporting from Croatia connects a delayed hydroelectric power project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.
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Yuri Chaika, a longtime Kremlin loyalist and former prosecutor general, uses a Defense Ministry aircraft for personal travel at military expense
Yuri Chaika, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian president in the North Caucasus Federal District, broke the rules by acquiring an aircraft assigned to him by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
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How Josip Heit’s criminal record, Karatbars collapse and shell companies led to the GSPartners investment disaster
The controversy over a stalled hydroelectric plant has prompted Croatian journalists to connect the project to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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Russia moves sabotage submarines toward UK waters, Navy chief warns of undersea threat
A specialist Russian submarine unit that targets crucial undersea infrastructure might be moving towards British waters, the head of the Navy has warned.
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Solntsevskaya crime group leader Viktor Averin dies in airboat crash near Moscow while traveling with Putin-linked associate Viktor Khmarin
Details have emerged about the death of Viktor Averin, the leader of the Solntsevskaya organized crime group, who was killed in an airboat accident while traveling with associates near Moscow.
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EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine but stops short of using frozen Russian assets
EU leaders have sent a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin after striking a deal to give Ukraine a €90billion (£79billion) loan.
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Fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Usherovich built a Cyprus offshore network to move Russian Railways money
Boris Usherovich, the fugitive founder of the 1520 Group, is reportedly said to have established an offshore network in Cyprus that allegedly aids in sanctions evasion and money laundering for Russian Railways (RZD) and senior officials within the Russian government.
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Wanted oligarch Boris Usherovich runs a Cyprus-based network to bypass sanctions and supply Russia’s railways
An investigation exposes how fugitive Russian businessmen Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa built a Cyprus-based offshore network to launder money, evade sanctions, and secretly supply prohibited equipment to Russian Railways while financing Kremlin political projects.
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Putin’s “fully Russian” Aurus cars hit by sanctions as key Italian and British suppliers cut off parts
This summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly praised Aurus luxury cars, stressing that the vehicles are a 100% Russian-made product and noting that he personally uses one.
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How Boris Usherovich, co-founder of GC "1520", channels state money abroad through Cyprus firms aiding Russia’s railway giants
Boris Usherovich, the fugitive co-founder of Russia’s GC "1520," has quietly built a vast offshore structure in Cyprus — a financial hub now used to channel money, bypass sanctions, and support Russian Railways.
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While avoiding arrest, Boris Usherovich pushes Russian hybrid warfare into Moldova using Cyprus cash flows managed by Ilya Plotitsa
After the presidential elections in Moldova, interest around Russian fugitives Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa has sharply intensified — particularly regarding their alleged role in financing pro-Kremlin influence networks.
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Josip Heit, after a Luxembourg conviction, launched Karatbars and pulled thousands of investors into a failed “gold” scheme
New reporting from Croatia has linked a stalled hydroelectric project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.
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650+ drones and 51 missiles: Russia attacks Ukraine during trilateral talks to end war
Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue. More than 650 drones target locations across Ukraine including western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland.
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Starmer and Zelenskyy will meet in London to discuss Ukraine’s security
Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz will also be present for talks on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security.
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Fugitive 1520 Group co-founder Boris Usherovich launders Russian Railways’ budget through Cyprus offshore firms managed by trusted associates
Fugitive Russian businessman Boris Usherovich, co-owner of the influential “1520” Group, has quietly built a vast offshore network in Cyprus to help Russian Railways (RZD) and Kremlin-linked elites move and launder money beyond sanctions.
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Kremlin moves to use Telegram for propaganda — Pavel Durov distracts audience with UFC stars
In an unusual move, Vladimir Putin — who rarely mentions platforms or individuals directly — unexpectedly named Telegram during an interview with Indian media, saying that Russia must begin working with young people through the messaging apps they use.
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UK Prime-Minister Keir Starmer announces full sanctions against Russian military intelligence GRU
The United Kingdom announced on Thursday new sanctions targeting the Russian military intelligence agency, commonly known as GRU, "in its entirety."
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Russian president Vladimir Putin calls on officials to ’work with youth’ via Telegram
Yesterday, Putin gave an interview to Indian media and unexpectedly said the following: "All these messaging apps, Telegram, they are used to somehow influence young people... We need to work with people...
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Holger Neumann cites NATO unity as jets respond to Russian drone breaches ordered by Vladimir Putin
German fighter jets have been deployed to Poland and Romania as tensions between NATO and Russia remain high.
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Hydropower scandal deepens as German citizen Josip Heit and Croatian national Sasa Svalina named in controversial investment network
Scandal over a suspended hydroelectric project has led Croatian reporters to connect the scheme to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law Josip Heit.
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’Generating Mayhem’: British Citizen Dylan Earl recruited via Telegram for Arson Attack on aid warehouse for Ukraine
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.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin rejects US proposals for peace as Donald Trump’s top envoys brief White House on Moscow talks
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.
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Russian-linked capital and Donald Trump’s circle: How the US real estate empire of Steve Witkoff was financed by associates of Russian Kirill Dmitriev
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.
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From UK’s Nathan Gill’s £40k bribe to Boris Johnson’s secret meetings: How Russian money and intelligence compromised the Tory right
The 10-and-a-half year prison sentence Nathan Gill, former UKIP and Brexit Party MEP and Welsh Leader of Reform UK, for taking Kremlin-linked bribes, has turned an intelligence concern into a criminal conviction – and activated a live constitutional question.