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A Most Reliable Ally: How Corruption in the Russian Military Could Save Ukraine

The Russian army, considered one of the strongest in the world, has suddenly found itself bogged down in Ukraine. How ...

Putin’s Two Biggest Secrets: What’s Known About His Sanctioned Daughters

For 20 years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been hiding his daughters from his marriage to Lyudmila Putina. They lived ...

‘We Ask God for Peace’: Western Sanctions on Russia Strike Central Asian Labor Migrants

For years, Russia’s big cities have been a source of employment and income for the people of Central Asia and ...

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iStories: Top Russian FSB Official Has Multiple Underworld Ties

Sergei Korolev, who was appointed to a key FSB position earlier this year by President ...

Asset Declarations of Kyrgyz Officials Increasingly Useless as Anti-Corruption...

Kyrgyzstan is the only Central Asian country that publishes its officials’ asset declarations. But the ...

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A Most Reliable Ally: How Corruption in the Russian Military Could Save Ukraine

The Russian army, considered one of the strongest in the world, has suddenly found itself bogged down in Ukraine. How can corruption, which Moscow has been fighting for decades, help explain the quagmire?

Z vehicle MAIN1 A ZIL-130 truck after the destruction of a convoy of Russian vehicles in the Kharkiv region at the end of March 2022 (Photo: Twitter / @UAWeapons)

Dutch Postcode Lottery Announces New Grant to OCCRP

Investment Supports Global Headquarters Move to the Netherlands.

Jan and Martina

Putin’s Two Biggest Secrets: What’s Known About His Sanctioned Daughters

For 20 years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been hiding his daughters from his marriage to Lyudmila Putina. They lived under assumed surnames and never appeared in public in connection to him. He attributed this to security concerns and to their own reluctance to take on public roles.

1028 copy Putin’s alleged daughters: Maria Vorontsova (left) and Katerina Tikhonova (right). (Credit: “Doctor” TV Channel/YouTube, Russia 24/YouTube)

Stolen EU Food Funds Funneled into Properties and Luxuries

Police began investigating the theft of $19 million euros back in 2015. Reporters have now tracked down some of the funds.

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‘We Ask God for Peace’: Western Sanctions on Russia Strike Central Asian Labor Migrants

For years, Russia’s big cities have been a source of employment and income for the people of Central Asia and the Caucasus. Now, as sanctions undermine the Russian economy, they and their families will also feel the pinch.

“Rysbek, Rysbek, a labor migrant from Kyrgyzstan, makes deliveries for a supermarket chain in Moscow. Due to Western sanctions on Russia, he and many of his colleagues may lose their jobs. (Credit: OCCRP)

“The Killing of a Journalist” will have World Premiere at 2022 Hot Docs Festival

Documentary Shows How the Murders of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová Changed Slovakia Forever.

Jan and Martina

The Battle for Ukrainian Culture

As war rages around the country, cultural centers and arthouses are scrambling to save priceless objects from destruction and would-be looters.

One of the damaged rooms of the Kharkiv Art Museum (Credit: Maryna Filatova)

One Family’s ‘Golden Age’: President’s Relative Controls Turkmenistan’s Only Mobile Operator

Turkmenistan’s only mobile operator, Altyn Asyr, enjoys an undisputed monopoly despite frequent complaints about poor service and exorbitant prices. Though its shareholders are not publicly named, reporters learned that it is run by a member of the president’s family.

The Lithuanian Gang that Took Over Ireland’s Heroin Trade Using Baltic Slaves

The inside story of a gang known as “the Russians” who transformed Ireland's heroin trade by forcing trafficked Lithuanians to push drugs.

Lithuanian-Gang-Top Credit: Andrius Švitra

The ‘Savage Years’: Credit Suisse and Venezuela’s Toxic Bond Market

The Suisse Secrets leak lays bare the extent of the relationship between Credit Suisse and the politically-connected Venezuelan financial sector.

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A Most Reliable Ally: How Corruption in the Russian Military Could Save Ukraine

UK Hits Hard at Two Russian Oligarchs, Freezes £10 billion in Assets

Cyprus Retracts “Golden Passports” from Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs

Italian Financial Police Seize 82 Tonnes of Counterfeit Cigarettes

Dutch Postcode Lottery Announces New Grant to OCCRP

Dutch Postcode Lottery Announces New Grant to OCCRP

Putin’s Two Biggest Secrets: What’s Known About His Sanctioned Daughters

Stolen EU Food Funds Funneled into Properties and Luxuries

‘We Ask God for Peace’: Western Sanctions on Russia Strike Central Asian Labor Migrants

“The Killing of a Journalist” will have World Premiere at 2022 Hot Docs Festival

The Battle for Ukrainian Culture

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