Russian forces have been systematically imprisoning, torturing, and killing civilians in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region ever since they occupied it in March 2022, turning police stations into torture centers and using drones to hunt people down and kill them, The Kyiv Independent claims.
Belarussian Alexander Zaitsev, nicknamed President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s “money bag,” appears to have shipped luxury goods to Russia despite sanctions imposed by the EU in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new investigation by The Buro, an OCCRP partner organization.
When an apparent fraudster impersonated a famous football agent and asked FC Barcelona for 1 million euros, sources say the club attempted to send the money. Though the payment was eventually blocked, experts worry the incident is a sign that football remains vulnerable to corruption despite repeated calls for stronger oversight.