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 banDylan Carter20 June 2025Kosmos Khoroshavin20 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 SKSergey 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 speakerTOTimur Olevsky23 May 2025Christo Grozev23 May 2025Roman Dobrokhotov23 May 2025Evgenia Tamarchenko23 May 2025
InvestigationsStopped at the border: How Igor Sechin’s “clan” failed to take control of Russia’s Federal Customs ServiceSKSergey 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
Investigations“Let’s hire an ISIS suicide bomber to blow him up in the street!”: Europe’s most wanted man plotted my murder — and that of my colleagueChristo Grozev7 March 2025
InvestigationsOperation “Cutter” and gold bars: How Iran became the hub of Russian espionage in the Middle EastSKSergey Kanev3 March 2025
Investigations A luxury retreat for Putin's banker: Inside the private estate of VTB president Andrey Kostin and his propagandist mistressAnastasia Mikhaylova14 February 2025
Investigations“I always fly to Europe on free weekends”: Russian propaganda talk show producer avoids sanctions while buying property in Moscow and the EUSergei Ezhov11 February 2025
InvestigationsSovereign cyberpunk: Despite sanctions, Western components are still being used to build Russia’s cyberwar machineAZAndrey Zayakin8 January 2025
Investigations«Putin used to work for them» What wiretapped calls of Tambovskaya gang tell about Putin's role in mafiaAnastasia Kirilenko10 May 2018
InvestigationsDeadly Shipyards: What Links Dmitry Medvedev, the Bloodiest Russian Organized Crime Group, and the Plunder of Germany's Largest ShipyardAnastasia Kirilenko11 June 2017