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Investigations

Bad chemistry: Who synthesized the poison that killed Navalny and what a subsidiary of a German company has to do with it

Investigations

"How much are drone coils these days?": The Insider and Nordsint go undercover to reveal how Chinese firms supply Russia’s defense industry

Investigations

The Insider identifies 6,000 exporters trading with sanctioned Russian firms or defense industry suppliers, 4,000 of them based in China

Investigations

Suppliers of death: The Insider identifies another 300 companies making purchases on behalf of the Russian military

Investigations

Covering their trail: Russia’s customs service has started concealing data on sanctioned imports

Investigations

Substance dependence: Russia’s military-industrial complex still relies on imported chemicals, including some from the West

Investigations

Kremlin customer service: The Insider identifies the top 30 customs brokers facilitating sanctioned imports to Russia

Investigations

“The sky is falling?”: Company linked to oligarch Deripaska bought American-inspired Swiwin engines for use in jet-powered Shahed drones

Investigations

Bottlenecked: Nine choke points where Russian industry remains critically dependent on imports

Investigations

Yen don't stink: Japanese firm's Russia machine sales surge 2,000% during war

Investigations

Frozen accounts, fake parts, failed deliveries: Russian courts reveal the impact sanctions are having on the Kremlin’s defense industry

Investigations

Tightening loopholes: Russia finally sees sharp drop in restricted industrial imports propping up its military-industrial complex

Investigations

Oil’s well that ends well: How Russian oil exports sail past the G7’s price cap — with European help

Investigations

Sovereign cyberpunk: Despite sanctions, Western components are still being used to build Russia’s cyberwar machine

CORRUPTION

All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used in making military armor continues to be supplied to Russia

CORRUPTION

Bullion bypass: How Russia circumvents sanctions to export billions of dollars worth of gold through Armenia

CORRUPTION

Prosecutors' Business Bank: Tracking the offshore money laundering scheme of Zheleznyak and Leontiev

POLITICS

Deafening success: Precision equipment for electronic warfare continues flowing to Russia from the West despite sanctions

CORRUPTION

Our flag means cash: The Latvian trader abetting Russia’s billion-dollar oil sanctions evasion

SOCIETY

Poor man’s lend-lease: Russia continues to import U.S. microchips needed for missile navigation and Internet censorship despite sanctions

SOCIETY

Wafer rush: Taiwanese silicon is a key component for Russian military microchip production

POLITICS

No go for Moscow: Russia’s military-industrial complex keeps trying to order key equipment from Taiwan but vigilant banks stop exports

ECONOMICS

Worth their weight in tantalum: Indispensable capacitors for missiles and drones make their way into Russia via Lithuania and China

SOCIETY

Skolkovo DIY: How Russia manufactures FPV drones to kill Ukrainians

ECONOMICS

Who's on board: “Russian” internet censorship electronics are not so Russian after all

POLITICS

Should I stay or should I go? German drill manufacturer announced withdrawal from Russia, but supplies of its production continued

POLITICS

Taiwan has become the Russian arms industry’s main source for high precision machine tools

POLITICS

Russian Military Supplies Re-Routed via China

POLITICS

Sanctions hit the bull’s eye: FBI traps and arrests Russian businessman supplying displays to the military

POLITICS

Putin's digital Iron Curtain: Russia bypasses sanctions, buys equipment to block YouTube and Telegram

POLITICS

Justice served? Swiss Attorney General's Office turns blind eye to machinery supplies for Russian military plant

POLITICS

Anti-Russia feels, dual-use deals: Latvian firms supply Russian army with microchips despite sanctions

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Bad chemistry: Who synthesized the poison that killed Navalny and what a subsidiary of a German company has to do with it

"How much are drone coils these days?": The Insider and Nordsint go undercover to reveal how Chinese firms supply Russia’s defense industry

The Insider identifies 6,000 exporters trading with sanctioned Russian firms or defense industry suppliers, 4,000 of them based in China

Suppliers of death: The Insider identifies another 300 companies making purchases on behalf of the Russian military

Covering their trail: Russia’s customs service has started concealing data on sanctioned imports

Substance dependence: Russia’s military-industrial complex still relies on imported chemicals, including some from the West

Kremlin customer service: The Insider identifies the top 30 customs brokers facilitating sanctioned imports to Russia

“The sky is falling?”: Company linked to oligarch Deripaska bought American-inspired Swiwin engines for use in jet-powered Shahed drones

Bottlenecked: Nine choke points where Russian industry remains critically dependent on imports

Yen don't stink: Japanese firm's Russia machine sales surge 2,000% during war

Frozen accounts, fake parts, failed deliveries: Russian courts reveal the impact sanctions are having on the Kremlin’s defense industry

Tightening loopholes: Russia finally sees sharp drop in restricted industrial imports propping up its military-industrial complex

Oil’s well that ends well: How Russian oil exports sail past the G7’s price cap — with European help

Sovereign cyberpunk: Despite sanctions, Western components are still being used to build Russia’s cyberwar machine

All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used in making military armor continues to be supplied to Russia

Bullion bypass: How Russia circumvents sanctions to export billions of dollars worth of gold through Armenia

Prosecutors' Business Bank: Tracking the offshore money laundering scheme of Zheleznyak and Leontiev

Deafening success: Precision equipment for electronic warfare continues flowing to Russia from the West despite sanctions

Our flag means cash: The Latvian trader abetting Russia’s billion-dollar oil sanctions evasion

Poor man’s lend-lease: Russia continues to import U.S. microchips needed for missile navigation and Internet censorship despite sanctions

Wafer rush: Taiwanese silicon is a key component for Russian military microchip production

No go for Moscow: Russia’s military-industrial complex keeps trying to order key equipment from Taiwan but vigilant banks stop exports

Worth their weight in tantalum: Indispensable capacitors for missiles and drones make their way into Russia via Lithuania and China

Skolkovo DIY: How Russia manufactures FPV drones to kill Ukrainians

Who's on board: “Russian” internet censorship electronics are not so Russian after all

Should I stay or should I go? German drill manufacturer announced withdrawal from Russia, but supplies of its production continued

Taiwan has become the Russian arms industry’s main source for high precision machine tools

Russian Military Supplies Re-Routed via China

Sanctions hit the bull’s eye: FBI traps and arrests Russian businessman supplying displays to the military

Putin's digital Iron Curtain: Russia bypasses sanctions, buys equipment to block YouTube and Telegram

Justice served? Swiss Attorney General's Office turns blind eye to machinery supplies for Russian military plant

Anti-Russia feels, dual-use deals: Latvian firms supply Russian army with microchips despite sanctions

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