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Investigations

Copy-paste from Brussels: The EU’s error-riddled new sanctions package was generated using an LLM

Investigations

Uninvited guest: How a GRU spy connected to state hackers broke into the African Union’s diplomatic residence in Ethiopia

Investigations

The GRU’s dud drone: How Russian intelligence botched a sabotage plot at Leipzig airport

Investigations

Shooting Starlink: The “no limits” partnership between Russia and China is taking aim at Elon Musk

Investigations

Olympic deception: Russia’s doping program is run by the same FSB team that poisoned Navalny

Investigations

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

Investigations

Lost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraft

Investigations

Alice in adult-land: Nomma Zarubina admits to collaborating with the FSB and involvement in prostitution

Investigations

“The study had nothing to do with treatment”: Russian institute that supplied toxin used on Navalny looked into methods for its detection

Investigations

Talking points from Moscow: How RT and the GRU set the agenda on German-language Telegram

Investigations

The mob’s humanitarian backdoor: Ramzan Kadyrov’s mafia connections reach deep into German critical infrastructure

Investigations

A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative

Investigations

Our Jan in Moscow: The secret Russian life of Europe's most notorious fugitive-turned-spy

Investigations

The Kremlin’s laundromat: Billionaire Moldovan fraudster Vladimir Plahotniuc repeatedly flew to Moscow for secret high-level talks

Investigations

“We must not say it’s for the war”: Hundreds of thousands of Russian schoolkids are building drones that kill Ukrainians

Investigations

A dozen knives in the back of the Islamic revolution: Secret FSB documents confirm Iran and Russia are waging a spy war against each other

Investigations

Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia’s most notorious kill squad

Investigations

Anzhalika and the secret agent: The love story behind the disappearance of the Belarusian opposition’s speaker

POLITICS

Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war

POLITICS

Free Pablo and Fancy Bear: GRU illegal Pavel Rubtsov got a warm welcome home in Moscow by a hacker on the FBI Most Wanted List

POLITICS

Voices of America: Which states and demographics will decide the outcome of the U.S. presidential race

POLITICS

“He began to complain of sharp pain in the stomach”: Official documents obtained by The Insider confirm Navalny was poisoned in prison

POLITICS

“Hit him harder, make him drool blood”: Businessman Leonid Nevzlin’s alleged vendetta against the associates of Alexei Navalny

SOCIETY

The Kremlin’s war on streaming: How Russia is moving to block YouTube and why its efforts may bring down the entire Runet

POLITICS

Michelin Red Star: The Insider reveals identity of arrested Russian chef-agent who planned “destabilizing” acts at Paris Olympic Games

POLITICS

“Morality and ethics should play no part”: Leaks reveal how Russia's foreign intelligence agency runs disinformation campaigns in the West

ECONOMICS

The GDP crystal ball: Why IMF and World Bank annual forecasts are no more accurate than a random number generator

POLITICS

Where there's a will there's a way: How Russia’s red lines are (not) limiting the course of the war in Ukraine

POLITICS

The Czech illegals: Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe

POLITICS

The Insider identified man threatening Maxim Mironov, leading to arrest of Leonid Volkov's assailants

POLITICS

The GRU’s connection to Havana Syndrome: The Insider’s investigative team tells the story behind its most recent bombshell exposé

POLITICS

Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on U.S. officials and their families

POLITICS

A most wanted man: Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek exposed as decade-long GRU spy

POLITICS

Intercontinental lies: FSB launches disinformation and conspiracy campaign in Africa

POLITICS

How the FSB tried to buy an Italian political party

POLITICS

The enemy within: How Russia's GRU agents blend in with human rights activists, journalists, and filmmakers

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