Mary Williams, Author at THE COMPROMAT

Corruption

Oct 19, 2023Nov 12, 2024

Messieurs Kingpin: Makhmudov and Bokarev, Russian oligarchs with gang ties and Ukraine war profits, buy villas in France

While Russian criminal oligarchs Iskandar Makhmudov and Andrei Bokarev are making money on Defense Ministry contracts and doing business in…

Mary Williams

Corruption

Oct 12, 2023Nov 12, 2024

Spoils of war failures: FSB general who botched Russia’s war preparations owns millions of dollars worth of real estate

General Vladimir Petrovsky, head of the Ninth (“Ukrainian”) Directorate of the FSB’s Department of Operational Information, was in…

Mary Williams

History

Oct 05, 2023Nov 12, 2024

From desertion to revolution: Lessons Russia failed to learn from the 1914 mobilization

As Putin’s army is taking a beating in Ukraine, Russians are bracing themselves for a new wave of…

Mary Williams

History

Sep 27, 2023Nov 12, 2024

Old-timers on trial: Postwar Ukraine may learn lesson from Germany’s prosecution of Nazi criminals

Poland’s Minister of Education has suggested exploring the possibility of extraditing Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old member of the…

Mary Williams

Corruption

Sep 15, 2023Nov 12, 2024

Turning money into wine. With billions of rubles thrown at them, Putin palace wineries are yet to break even

The failed lunar mission conducted by Roscosmos cost the budget no less than 12 billion rubles ($124 million).…

Mary Williams

Corruption

Aug 25, 2023Nov 12, 2024

Our man in Miami. Pro-Putin Russian billionaire accused of meddling in U.S. elections evades sanctions, moves family to America

Aras Agalarov, one of Russia’s wealthiest people, publicly supports Putin’s lifelong presidency. He has secured billion-dollar government contracts…

Mary Williams

History

Aug 24, 2023Nov 12, 2024

A Movable Coup: A history of armed marches toward the capital, from Caesar to Wagner

When Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin ordered his troops to advance toward Moscow on June 23, historians couldn’t help…

Mary Williams

History

Aug 10, 2023Nov 12, 2024

From nationwide leader to The Hague: Viewing Milošević’s history through the eyes of opposition

A campaign for the annihilation of neighboring nations, the establishment of “people’s republics,” the propagation of nationalism, armed…

Mary Williams

History

Aug 09, 2023Nov 12, 2024

“Take away and destroy.” How nationalization was carried out a hundred years before Putin and how it ended back then

Vladimir Putin has placed the Russian assets of Danone and Carlsberg under the “temporary management of the Russian…

Mary Williams

History

Jul 19, 2023Nov 12, 2024

Changing tides of the supernatural: Interest in all things esoteric is rising in Russia mirroring pre-revolutionary era of Nicholas II

Since the beginning of 2023, Russia has experienced a significant surge in the demand for online courses covering…

Mary Williams