Russian Federation

It is widely known that major Russian media outlets — especially television — are controlled by the government. But who...

At Gromov’s insistence, the first (and current) editor-in-chief of Russia Today, the worldwide pro-Kremlin channel now known...

The Russian Jewish Congress is a charitable fund that supports Jewish communities across Russia.

Vladimir Avetisyan is a businessman in Russia’s Samara region, north of western Kazakhstan. He has headed the region’s...

Troika Dialog, once Russia’s largest private investment bank, couldn’t have set up and run the Troika Laundromat without...

Alexander Chistyakov is the executive chairman of RusPetro, an oil and gas producer operating in Siberia. In the 1990s, he...

The elite British private school Charterhouse, founded in 1611, bills itself as “one of the great historic public schools of...

Russian economist and banker Pavel Teplukhin worked with Ruben Vardanyan in the early 1990s as their private investment...

Ruben Vardanyan is a Russian investment banker, social entrepreneur, philanthropist and has spoken at the World Economic...

Sergei Roldugin is a Russian cellist and one of President Vladimir Putin’s closest friends. He was dubbed “the secret...

Tredwell Marketing Ltd. is an offshore company based in the British Virgin Islands that was allegedly used in the tax fraud...

Former Russian Senator Valentin Zavadnikov’s twin interests — sailing and business — both intersected with the Troika...