Before Campaigning for Trump, Manafort Plotted to Rig Ukraine Telecoms Deal, Leaked Emails Show
Leaked emails show how Trump’s former campaign manager plotted with two current Ukrainian legislators to snap up Ukraine’s...
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Two Tractors Outside Rivne, Ukraine
Years ago, in rural Ukraine, a farmer’s tractor disappeared in the night. Months later, another tractor disappeared from...
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The Park That Was Lost
More than a third of Ataturk Park, a beloved green space in Kyrgyzstan’s capital city, has been lost. Over the course of a...
Public Land, Private Hands
The Officials Who Gave It Away
One after another, Bishkek city officials bent or broke the law to give prime land to Kyrgyzstan’s most elite citizens.
Public Land, Private Hands
From Public Park to Millionaires’ Row
Kyrgyz authorities wanted to build a hotel complex for foreign delegations in Bishkek’s Ataturk Park. Instead, the public...
Public Land, Private Hands
Big Man, No Campus
Almost three decades ago, architecture students were promised a brand-new campus on the grounds of Ataturk Park. Instead,...
How South Africa’s Black Economic Empowerment Initiative Empowered the Powerful
Investors pulled billions of rand out of public companies under the guise of a government program meant to address the...
How a Meeting on a Yacht May Have Changed Kosovo’s Political History
A newly revealed photo shows a Kosovar businessman and politician meeting with an alleged organized crime figure. Shortly...
‘Laundromats,’ Explained: How Shell Companies Are Used to Launder Money
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