Slovakia & Hungary are lobbying to lift EU sanctions on Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. Claim: he’s "stepped away from business" Reality: he just transferred his most toxic assets to nominees 👇

Vagit Alekperov is a textbook beneficiary of the Putin system. A former Soviet official who acquired Lukoil through a fraudulent privatization, he spent decades supporting Yeltsin, Putin, and the ruling United Russia party, openly treating loyalty to those in power as a duty of business.

In Russia, investigative journalism has been effectively criminalized. I was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for my work: Like many of my colleagues, I am now forced to continue reporting from exile. You can support me and my work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ezhovs

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The Insider’s Sergei Ezhov sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for “financing extremism” and “evading foreign agent obligations” Ezhov @ezhovs.bsky.social pledged to continue exposing corrupt officials: “I must do what those inside Russia cannot afford to.”

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s businesses are cashing in on the war in Ukraine — and he’s trying to hide it theins.press/en/inv/282052

Shell company: Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s businesses are cashing in on the war in Ukraine — and he’s trying to hide it

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kremlin-connected billionaire Oleg Deripaska has gone to great lengths to conceal his ties to the Russian military-industrial complex. But a...

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Ministers and oligarchs: The billionaires with ties to Russia's government Flight and border crossing data analyzed by The Insider’s @ezhovs.bsky.social shows ministers often travel abroad with oligarchs, vacationing together or using their private jets.

Ministers and oligarchs: The billionaires with ties to Russia’s government

Many members of Russia’s federal government have close connections with the country’s wealthiest businessmen. Flight records and border crossing data analyzed by The Insider reveal that cabinet minist...

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Удалось уличить членов правительства в связях с олигархами: theins.ru/inv/279717 Когда министры пользуются бизнес-джетами миллиардеров, это можно расценивать как взятку.

Министры и капиталисты. С какими олигархами связаны члены российского правительства

Многие члены федерального правительства имеют тесные связи с российскими миллиардерами — об этом свидетельствуют изученные The Inisder базы перелетов и пересечения границы. Министры вместе с олигархам...

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⚡ Russia launches criminal case against The Insider journalist Sergei Ezhov, police raids his parents' home The case — which carries potential prison time — was opened after @ezhovs.bsky.social allegedly "failed to comply with obligations as a foreign agent."

Russia launches criminal case against The Insider journalist Sergei Ezhov, police raids his parents’ home

Russia has launched a criminal case against The Insider’s investigative journalist Sergei Ezhov for his alleged “failure to comply with obligations as a foreign agent.” Law enforcement searched his pa...

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На меня завели дело по 330.1 УК РФ — уклонение от ярлыка “иноагента”. Сегодня пришли с обыском в квартиру родителей в Рязани, никого не было, поэтому просто выломали дверь. Ну что ж, буду работать ещё больше и лучше. Уверен в своей правоте и важности того, что делаю.

Написал подробный пост про санкции ЕС. Про то, что с ними не так: www.patreon.com/posts/chto-n...

Тут собираю список журналистов-расследователей из России: bsky.app/profile/did:... Но пока людей в Bluesky как-то не очень много. Но, может, кого упустил ещё? Подскажите тогда

“I always fly to Europe on free weekends”: Russian propaganda talk show producer avoids sanctions while buying property in Moscow and the EU Sergei Ezhov (@ezhovs.bsky.social) sheds light on the lifestyle of a key, if lesser-known, Kremlin propaganda figure.

“I always fly to Europe on free weekends”: Russian propaganda talk show producer avoids sanctions while buying property in Moscow and the EU

Russia’s largest private contractor involved in the production of political talk shows, M-Production, has doubled its revenue since Moscow unleashed its full-scale invasion against Ukraine. Meanwhile,...

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Roscosmos CEO Yuri Borisov was dismissed today. I published an investigation about him: link.medium.com/B1wBpBZqLQb. I found property worth a billion rubles linked to Borisov’s family—his relatives earned this money from defense contracts that Borisov himself oversaw.

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Выяснил, что автомобильный мост между Россией и КНДР правительство доверило строить личному другу и "кошельку" Рамзана Кадырова: t.me/ezhovs/869

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«Кошелёк» Кадырова построит мост между Россией и Северной Кореей Возможно, вы уже видели новости о том, что контракт на автомост из РФ в КНДР отдали какой-то ноунейм-фирме. Причём сделал это лично пр...

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У меня наконец-то появился персональный хейтер. Да ещё и из числа депутатов Госдумы. Ну и фигурант реестра вредителей, конечно. Персонажа зовут Андрей Альшевских. Живёт по принципу: не вспомнил сегодня про Ежова — ужин не заслужил. Вот про него пишу: telegra.ph/Deputaty-par...

Сегодня заочно арестовали крестника Шойгу — владельца компании Бамстройпуть, подрядчика Минобороны. Его арест я даже прогнозировал в тексте для своих патронов: www.patreon.com/posts/posadi... Зная коррупционные схемы Шойгу и наблюдая за делами против его окружения, спрогнозировать было несложно.

The US has added the Russian company Translom, a military contractor, to its sanctions list. The owner of Translom, Alexey Zolotarev, is the subject of my investigation. He has acquired a Maltese passport and purchased a villa on the French Riviera. theins.press/en/corruptio...

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Russian oligarchs are getting richer during the war. Even billionaires close to Putin, who are under sanctions, are profiting from trade with European countries. theins.press/en/corruptio...

The regime's minority stakeholders: Key Putin oligarchs still profiting from trade with Europe, despite sanctions

Companies partially owned by billionaires closely tied to Vladimir Putin continue to export their products to Western markets without disruption. An investigation by The Insider revealed that even ind...

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Today is “Chekist Day,” which reminds me of my investigations into FSB generals. Menshchikov theins.press/en/corruptio... Shchekin theins.press/en/corruptio... Beseda theins.press/en/corruptio... The photo shows my arrest during a picket near the FSB building on Lubyanka Square.

Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev buys new UK-built yacht: theins.ru/en/corruptio...

Hawks on boats: Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev buys new UK-built yacht and profits from livestock and “patriotic” video games

Russia’s ex-president Dmitry Medvedev was once touted as a pro-Western reformer. He has since reinvented himself as one of Moscow’s most abrasive war hawks. The current deputy chairman of Russia’s Sec...

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