‘Make a Molotov Cocktail’: How Europeans Are Recruited Through Telegram to Commit Sabotage, Arson, and Murder
The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage...
Asia
Azerbaijan Accuses Red Cross of Siding with Armenia
Azerbaijan has accused the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) of siding with Armenia and...
Latvian Mansion of Uzbek Ex-Interpol Chief to Become Kindergarten
The Ropazi District Council in Latvia plans to convert a luxury mansion confiscated in 2018 from the ex-chief of Interpol’s...
US Court Documents Show how OCCRP Landed on Russia’s Blacklist
In response to a widening range of U.S.-led global sanctions against Russian companies and media, Vladimir Putin struck...
Russia Foreign Ministry Dubs US Sanctions on RT “Witch Hunt”
In a sharp rebuke, Russia’s Foreign Ministry denounced the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian state-funded media as “the...
Kyrgyzstan President: Closing Kloop does not Jeopardize Press Freedom
The fact that Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court has closed down the foundation that ran one of the country’s most influential...
Russian Asset Tracker
Secretive Cyprus-Registered Funds Were Used to Hide Megayachts and Luxury Real Estate Linked to Sanctioned Russian Banker
In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In...
Press Freedom Watchdogs Slam Hong Kong for Convicting Editors of Sedition
Media freedom advocates have condemned the guilty verdict handed down by a Hong Kong court to two reporters who now face up...
‘We Couldn’t Work Properly’: How Azerbaijan Obstructed Red Cross Relief During the Nagorno-Karabakh Siege
Tens of thousands of people were going hungry — but the International Red Cross faced growing obstacles as it tried to...
Ukraine Condemns Russian Rapeseed Exports to Belarus as Looting
Rapeseed from Ukraine’s Russian occupied Kherson region is being shipped to Belarus, where it is processed into oil. The...
Singapore Charges Ex-Bankers with Abetting $2.2 Bn Money Laundering Ring
Singapore charged two bankers Thursday for their alleged role in abetting clients responsible for a US$2.2 billion money...
A Murky Cypriot Firm Is Helping Belarus Export Potash — In Breach of EU Sanctions
Belarus' state potash trade is sanctioned by the EU. So why is a company registered in Cyprus being paid millions by the...