Stories — January 2025

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Stories — January 2025

IStories gained access to port data for Russian shadow fleet vessels that have fallen under sanctions

22 January

Egor Feoktistov

New U.S. Sanctions Affected Vessels That Transported a Fifth of Russia’s Oil Exports in 2024

They offloaded hundreds of thousands of tons of petroleum products onto vessels involved in exporting from Russia in circumvention of sanctions

28 January

At Least 11 Volgoneft Type Tankers Went to Sea With the Same Violations as Those That Sank in December

How a well-known Russian “human rights activist” Maria Chashchilova falsified her biography and gained access to information that posed a threat to people persecuted by Russian authorities

31 January

“I Admit That I Deceived You”

How a financier сlose to Putin’s friends bought an American company with access to the data of millions of air passengers in the US and Europe — and made the son of the FSB’s First Deputy Director a partner in a similar project in Russia

13 January

Roman Katin

American Startup for the FSB General’s Son

Leaked data on Dubai property owners shows that Ramzan Kadyrov’s cousin, Chechen official Shahruddi Edilgiriev, has become the owner of 4 luxury mansions worth more than $20 million

30 January

Graham Stack, Editors

Chechnya’s Unofficial Embassy in the UAE