InvestigationsOur Jan in Moscow: The secret Russian life of Europe's most notorious fugitive-turned-spyRoman Dobrokhotov16 September 2025Roman Lehberger16 September 2025Michael Weiss16 September 2025Christo Grozev16 September 2025
InvestigationsFamily values: FSB chief’s nephew tied to corrupt businessmen including Putin’s old judo partnersSergei Ezhov16 September 2025
InvestigationsSpies, banquets, and embezzlement: The inner workings of Putin’s “cultural ties” directorateSergey Kanev12 September 2025
InvestigationsRussian billionaire Konstantin Nikolaev received EU subsidies while a company linked to him was importing Austrian Glock pistols to RussiaThe Insider 30 August 2025
InvestigationsThe Russian Duma’s “Bachelor Club”: Meet 39 MPs whose secret partners own their undisclosed wealthSergei Ezhov20 August 2025
InvestigationsDocuments confirm Russia is helping China develop a system for managing landing operations — potentially for use in a Taiwan invasionThe Insider 14 August 2025
InvestigationsChianti from Medvedev, Montepulciano by Yakunin, and Merlot à la Mikhalkov: A brief guide to the Italian vineyards of Putin’s inner circleSSergey Panov14 August 2025
InvestigationsBottlenecked: Nine choke points where Russian industry remains critically dependent on importsAZAndrey Zayakin13 August 2025
InvestigationsYen don't stink: Japanese firm's Russia machine sales surge 2,000% during war AZAndrey Zayakin8 August 2025
InvestigationsSandpit general: Senior FSB official quietly does business with Lithuanian partnersSergey Kanev7 August 2025
InvestigationsThe sleeping dragon: Five simple ways China could put a stop to the war in UkraineThe Insider 4 August 2025
InvestigationsOil tycoons, bankers, and a state propagandist from Cyprus: what happened to the Kremlin’s deep-cover spies caught in the U.S.Sergey Kanev30 July 2025
InvestigationsThe Kremlin’s laundromat: Billionaire Moldovan fraudster Vladimir Plahotniuc repeatedly flew to Moscow for secret high-level talksRoman Dobrokhotov29 July 2025Christo Grozev29 July 2025TOTimur Olevsky29 July 2025
Investigations“We must not say it’s for the war”: Hundreds of thousands of Russian schoolkids are building drones that kill UkrainiansTatsiana Ashurkevich22 July 2025Roman Dobrokhotov22 July 2025Christo Grozev22 July 2025
InvestigationsThe gift of grab: How a suburban Moscow mobster took over what the West left behindAAlexander Leonidovich22 July 2025
InvestigationsThe Paris consigliere: Head of French company supplying arms to Ukraine flies to Moscow and manages the Kremlin’s slush fundSSergey Panov18 July 2025
InvestigationsA one-way visa: Russia’s regional governments are recruiting Arab mercenaries to fight in UkraineAAlexei Remizov16 July 2025
InvestigationsSunbathing with the enemy: Meet the Kremlin propagandists who vacation in Europe despite demonizing the West on airSergei Ezhov15 July 2025
InvestigationsForging ahead: Russia sidesteps sanctions to import Austrian machinery for making howitzer barrelsThe Insider 11 July 2025
InvestigationsA shot from Captain Morgan: Russian firms named after English pirates are sourcing Chinese parts for Shahed kamikaze dronesThe Insider 7 July 2025
InvestigationsFrozen accounts, fake parts, failed deliveries: Russian courts reveal the impact sanctions are having on the Kremlin’s defense industryAZAndrey Zayakin25 June 2025
InvestigationsA dozen knives in the back of the Islamic revolution: Secret FSB documents confirm Iran and Russia are waging a spy war against each otherRoman Dobrokhotov25 June 2025Christo Grozev25 June 2025
InvestigationsWorkers of the world: Modern-day slave labor is being imported from North Korea into Russia despite a UN banKosmos Khoroshavin20 June 2025Dylan Carter20 June 2025
InvestigationsBlades of glory: Putin’s aide, FSB generals, and a GRU spy lace up with a convict on Russia’s most secretive amateur ice hockey team Sergey Kanev16 June 2025
InvestigationsShell company: Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s businesses are cashing in on the war in Ukraine — and he’s trying to hide itSergei Ezhov11 June 2025
InvestigationsHidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia’s most notorious kill squadRoman Dobrokhotov31 May 2025Michael Weiss31 May 2025Christo Grozev31 May 2025
InvestigationsAnzhalika and the secret agent: The love story behind the disappearance of the Belarusian opposition’s speakerEvgenia Tamarchenko23 May 2025Christo Grozev23 May 2025Roman Dobrokhotov23 May 2025TOTimur Olevsky23 May 2025
InvestigationsStopped at the border: How Igor Sechin’s “clan” failed to take control of Russia’s Federal Customs ServiceSergey Kanev19 May 2025
InvestigationsFour rotors and a prayer: How Russia built a billion-ruble drone industry using Chinese partsThe Insider 16 May 2025
InvestigationsR&R behind enemy lines: Rectors of universities tied to Russia’s military-industrial complex acquire luxury properties in ItalyThe Insider 30 April 2025
InvestigationsTightening loopholes: Russia finally sees sharp drop in restricted industrial imports propping up its military-industrial complexAZAndrey Zayakin10 April 2025
InvestigationsFrom KGB agent-cum-pimp to Monaco aristocrat: How a family of Russian spies became European tycoonsSSergey Panov3 April 2025
InvestigationsMinisters and oligarchs: The billionaires with ties to Russia’s governmentSergei Ezhov2 April 2025
InvestigationsIn tune with the killers: A French radio brand broadcasting in occupied Ukraine is running enlistment ads for the Russian armyNKNikita Kirillov31 March 2025
InvestigationsOil’s well that ends well: How Russian oil exports sail past the G7’s price cap — with European helpAZAndrey Zayakin14 March 2025
InvestigationsLiving large from Moscow to Milan: Russian state company executives snap up luxury homes in Italy while funding the war in UkraineThe Insider 10 March 2025