Category: Investigations

Russia In modern Europe, which strives to remain a model of democracy and transparency in politics, nevertheless, corruption scandals break through from time to time. But some of them cause more than just indignation, they become a mirror of deeper processes that take place in the heart of European institutions....

One of the important objects of concentration by the Russian special services was and remains Britain. This is not only about espionage in the classical sense, Russian special services have also noted high-profile cases related to the physical elimination of persons disliked by the Kremlin. Suffice it to recall one...

After the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022, Russia faced unprecedented sanctions pressure. Restrictions have affected key areas of the Russian economy such as the international financial sector, oil and gas exports, and access to global capital markets. Under these conditions, Moscow began to look for new...

Russia’s attempts to interfere in the electoral processes of other countries are unfortunately not a sensation, but a legitimate process that corresponds to the aggressive position that the Russian leadership has been adopting for quite a long period. In addition to the USA, where attempts by the Kremlin to «participate»...

For observers who monitor the activities of the Russian tanker fleet, which is often called the "shadow one," an interesting question remains: the effectiveness of the sanctions imposed in this area by the US, the European Union, and other jurisdictions. You can often hear about tankers transporting Russian oil changing...

The last four years have been marked by a significant increase in the activities of Russian intelligence services throughout Europe. The entire spectrum of hybrid operations is recorded, ranging from agent recruitment to critical infrastructure sabotage and cyber attack. These processes became especially noticeable after 2022, when the full-scale invasion...

Russia is one of the world’s largest arms exporters. Officially, contracts for deliveries of military equipment are signed with dozens of countries and annual turnover runs into billions of dollars. But behind the façade of legal exports there are frequent reports of clandestine shipments to criminal, paramilitary, or terrorist organizations....

While the “shadow” fleet is the backbone of Russian energy exports, its main customers are mainly India and China, and the EU itself is no longer a key buyer of Russian crude oil and petroleum products, although it should be emphasized that Russian oil still continues to enter the EU...

Until recently, Russia’s presence in France was perceived largely as part of cultural exchange and economic cooperation. However, after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, and especially following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it has increasingly been associated with destabilisation, covert pressure, and a threat to democratic institutions....

Unsettled times in every era have always provided fertile ground for making profit, even of questionable ethical nature. War, however, most clearly illustrates the principle that all means are fair when it comes to profit. As the saying goes – money has no smell. Although this was never meant in...