An Egyptian military agency imported over 20,000 tons of wheat carried by a Russian vessel originally destined for Syria. The company behind the shipment had a history of selling grain from occupied regions of Ukraine.
Rareș Mănescu was involved in preparing the campaign for Mircea Geoană, who stepped down as deputy chief of NATO in September to run for president of Romania.
Rapeseed from Ukraine’s Russian occupied Kherson region is being shipped to Belarus, where it is processed into oil. The export is being regarded in Ukraine as looting and Kyiv is gathering evidence to prosecute.
Cypriot corporate service provider MeritServus helped Konstantin Malofeev, an oligarch sanctioned for his support of Russian-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, transfer debt worth tens of millions of dollars even after he was blacklisted, leaked documents show.
Their companies are under investigation for arranging fictitious marriages, falsifying documents to smuggle babies out of Ukraine, and trading children for profit.
For years, a secret organization run from inside Russia’s parliament successfully interfered with European policies on occupied Ukraine. Leaked emails give a new overview of the operation and show how European Union politicians who helped push Moscow’s agenda were offered cash and perks.
Italian far-right politicians and businessmen accepted sponsored trips to Crimea arranged by a Russian influence group, effectively recognizing Moscow’s occupation of the Ukrainian region as legitimate.
The G20 leaders who convened in Bali earlier this week agreed on a number of points including condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, addressing food insecurity and adopting measures to mitigate the climate crisis but not on how to fight kleptocracy and transnational corruption, Transparency International’ told OCCRP on Wednesday.
The United States sanctioned Monday a Russian microelectronics company that has facilitated the Kremlin’s military research and development (R&D) sector as Moscow continues its illegal war against Ukraine.