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Anastasia Kirilenko

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CORRUPTION

The Pool: Russian Railways CEO Vladimir Yakunin siphons off billions of dollars from the Russian budget and launders them in Europe

CORRUPTION

French activist occupies Putin's daughter's villa in Biarritz, aims to use it to host Ukrainian refugees (Video)

Antifake

“If I destroy the prosecutor, I'll do good for my country”: How Ilya Traber and his sidekicks from the Tambov Gang launder their past

CORRUPTION

From the KGB to Russian Railways: The Long and Winding Road of Vladimir Yakunin. Part 1

POLITICS

Our scoundrel bastard. Why the Kremlin wants to exchange the «merchant of death» Viktor Bout

CORRUPTION

Ministry of strange affairs: How the Russian foreign ministry and secret services help smuggle cocaine into the country

POLITICS

Extraditional values: Dmytro Firtash's mafia ties and why the USA is yet to secure his extradition

POLITICS

Uncle Sam is handling problems: Why would Zelensky meet with Sam Kislin, a man known for his connections with international crime?

POLITICS

Next Magnitsky: Who is behind the poisoning of another VAT fraud whistle-blower?

CORRUPTION

On the death of Tamm: The Solntsevskaya gang's ties to the FSB and United Russia

Confession

Confessions of an oil trader: What it's like to do business with Putin's friends

POLITICS

"Reznik is no gangster – he's a deputy!" A courtroom report from the Russian mafia trial in Madrid

POLITICS

Intercepted calls expose ties between the Tambovskaya gang, head of FSB's Economic Security Service, and the Prosecutor of St. Petersburg

POLITICS

Tambovskaya gang calling: How mafia keeps in touch with Putin's entourage (Intercepted conversations)

CORRUPTION

"Aleksei Uchitel got his $1 million in a bag": Matilda's co-author sheds light on the Kremlin slush fund

POLITICS

Blood Diamonds. Who killed Russian journalists in the CAR, and what do Putin’s Chef and St Petersburg police have to do with it?

CORRUPTION

Maria’s Got a Gun: How Russia’s deputy central banker infiltrated his assistant into the GOP and his ties to the Taganskaya gang

POLITICS

"Once a week, Sobchak would arrive at the bank with a briefcase full of cash": Putin's involvement in the Magnitsky affair

Investigations

“He used to work for them”: What wiretapped calls of the Tambovskaya gang reveal about Putin's role in the Russian mafia

POLITICS

A suitcase full of cash from the Solntsevo Mafia: Does Putin have a video kompromat on the Hungarian leader?

POLITICS

Gangster Party candidate: Trump’s ties to Russian organized crime

POLITICS

The Consigliere of Two Masters: Putin's majordomo turns out to be attorney of notorious crime boss

POLITICS

Putin's Czech and Mate: How Moscow bought the Czech president's affection

CORRUPTION

Shipyards of death: What Links Dmitry Medvedev, the Bloodiest Russian Organized Crime Group, and the Plunder of Germany's Largest Shipyard

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