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“This propaganda works”: How two Brazilian TikTokers got rich recruiting for the Russian army

“This propaganda works”: How two Brazilian TikTokers got rich recruiting for the Russian army

Fake foreigners, fugitive criminals, and Holocaust deniers: Who ended up in Moscow’s “international tribunal on crimes of Ukrainian Nazis”

Fake foreigners, fugitive criminals, and Holocaust deniers: Who ended up in Moscow’s “international tribunal on crimes of Ukrainian Nazis”

“Pashinyan’s illness,” “looming war with Russia,” and “gas chambers on Mount Ararat”: Moscow floods Armenia with disinfo ahead of elections

“Pashinyan’s illness,” “looming war with Russia,” and “gas chambers on Mount Ararat”: Moscow floods Armenia with disinfo ahead of elections

Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan revealed as nominal owner of villa on French Riviera used by Putin’s partner Alina Kabaeva

Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan revealed as nominal owner of villa on French Riviera used by Putin’s partner Alina Kabaeva

Lusine Movsesian

Grabbing him by the “Beard”: The Insider identifies the FSB, GRU, and SVR agents Russia sent to Armenia to take on PM Nikol Pashinyan

Grabbing him by the “Beard”: The Insider identifies the FSB, GRU, and SVR agents Russia sent to Armenia to take on PM Nikol Pashinyan

Geraniums in bloom: The Insider and Nordsint reveal how a large Chinese firm supplies Russian drone production

Geraniums in bloom: The Insider and Nordsint reveal how a large Chinese firm supplies Russian drone production

The GRU’s Hogwarts: Inside Bauman University’s Department 4, an elite spy school for Russian military intelligence

The GRU’s Hogwarts: Inside Bauman University’s Department 4, an elite spy school for Russian military intelligence

Kato Kopaleishvili

Fidelius Schmid

Alexander Chernyshev

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

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

Roman Dobrokhotov

“Matryoshka” enters the fray: The Kremlin and the GRU are spreading disinformation in Hungary ahead of its pivotal parliamentary election

“Matryoshka” enters the fray: The Kremlin and the GRU are spreading disinformation in Hungary ahead of its pivotal parliamentary election

“A medal for the city of Budapest”: Who at the Russian Embassy in Hungary is helping “Kremlin ally” Viktor Orbán in the upcoming elections?

“A medal for the city of Budapest”: Who at the Russian Embassy in Hungary is helping “Kremlin ally” Viktor Orbán in the upcoming elections?

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

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

Roman Dobrokhotov

Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks

Kremlin hotline: Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks

Wojciech Cieśla

Holger Roonemaa

Kato Kopaleishvili

The secret life of insects: A GRU colonel loses a colony of rare ants after failing to protect Iran from missile strikes

The secret life of insects: A GRU colonel loses a colony of rare ants after failing to protect Iran from missile strikes

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

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

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

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

Roman Dobrokhotov

Fidelius Schmid

Nikolai Antoniadis

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

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

To Russia for the money: Austria’s Putin-friendly former foreign minister lives on million-ruble fees from propaganda channel RT

To Russia for the money: Austria’s Putin-friendly former foreign minister lives on million-ruble fees from propaganda channel RT

“The biggest cover-up of my adult life”: Inside the CIA’s attempt to make Havana Syndrome disappear

“The biggest cover-up of my adult life”: Inside the CIA’s attempt to make Havana Syndrome disappear

“What bastard builds a school inside a military base?”: Residents of Iran’s Minab speak out about the school strike

“What bastard builds a school inside a military base?”: Residents of Iran’s Minab speak out about the school strike

The drinking buddy: Dmitry Medvedev’s “wallet” profits from Oreshnik missile production while making wine in Italy

The drinking buddy: Dmitry Medvedev’s “wallet” profits from Oreshnik missile production while making wine in Italy

Theft, mistresses, and U.S. passports: The double lives of the Russian MPs building a “digital GULAG” while preaching “traditional values”

Theft, mistresses, and U.S. passports: The double lives of the Russian MPs building a “digital GULAG” while preaching “traditional values”

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

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

Roman Dobrokhotov

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

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

Roman Dobrokhotov

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

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

Through Mordovia to Mordor: How Latin American and African mercenaries are recruited for Russia’s war against Ukraine

Through Mordovia to Mordor: How Latin American and African mercenaries are recruited for Russia’s war against Ukraine

“Pancake,” “Lenin,” and an FSB hacker: Meet the fresh faces at Putin’s new directorate “for strategic partnership and cooperation”

“Pancake,” “Lenin,” and an FSB hacker: Meet the fresh faces at Putin’s new directorate “for strategic partnership and cooperation”

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

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

Anastasia Mikhaylova

Roman Dobrokhotov

Drunk driving and prostitutes: Members of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service have taken to denouncing their colleagues

Drunk driving and prostitutes: Members of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service have taken to denouncing their colleagues

Inside Moscow’s latest clash of clans: A new counterintelligence chief could hand Igor Sechin influence over both the FSB and the army

Inside Moscow’s latest clash of clans: A new counterintelligence chief could hand Igor Sechin influence over both the FSB and the army

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

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

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

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

Anastasia Mikhaylova

Roman Dobrokhotov

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

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

Privatization for hire: Russia’s state property chief is on the payroll of Putin pal Arkady Rotenberg

Privatization for hire: Russia’s state property chief is on the payroll of Putin pal Arkady Rotenberg

Call center redemption: Why a former Russian prison guard’s captivity at a rogue telemarketing outpost had nothing to do with Ukraine

Call center redemption: Why a former Russian prison guard’s captivity at a rogue telemarketing outpost had nothing to do with Ukraine

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

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

Roman Dobrokhotov

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

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

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