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The Rotenberg Files

Boris and Arkady Rotenberg were two of the most prominent Russian oligarchs to be sanctioned after the Kremlin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. Never-before-seen insider documents now offer unprecedented insight into how they shielded their fortune — and who helped them do it.

20 June

Alesya Marokhovskaya, Maria Zholobova, Roman Anin, Irina Dolinina, Dmitry Velikovsky, Maxim Solyus, Daniel Balint-Kurti, Robert Denis, Misha Gagarin, Kevin G. Hall, Ekaterina Selivanova, Graham Stack, Tom Stocks, Julia Wallace, Giacomo Tognini, Ben Cowdock, Abdelhak El Idrissi , Jyri Hänninen, Minna Knus-Galan, Cecilia Anesi, Sanita Jemberga, Holger Roonemaa, Ilya Lozovsky

Leaked Emails Reveal How Putin’s Friends Dodged Sanctions With Help of Western Enablers

How the son of a high-ranking FSB general went to Ukraine to become deputy governor of the occupied region, but ended up fleeing in disgrace — having escaped during a drunken shootout with his fellow countrymen

27 November

Roman Anin, Maxim Solyus

Unfriendly Fire

Transnistria has gained a foothold at the top of the news. This small part of Moldova, situated on the left bank of the Dniester River, is now claimed by both Moscow and Kyiv

2 May

Maxim Solyus, Editors

Why Putin needs a landing force in Transnistria