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“Ideologically Powered to Fight for Russia”
How a “marathons of desire” participant and a Ukrainian physicist from a European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) project assemble drones for the Russian army
17 July
Egor Feoktistov
Stories
From Passion to Persecution: How the Kremlin Chief Censor’s Cultural Dream Became a Russian Nightmare
An investigation into how presidential administration employee, Sergey Novikov, became the chief censor of Russian culture
8 July
Svetlana Reiter,
Maria Zholobova,
Kristina Safonova,
Andrey Pertsev
Stories
The Shady Scheme of Russian Senator
Dmitry Savelyev, one of Russia’s wealthiest senators, received millions of dollars from a company implicated in a scheme to embezzle money from the Russian budget. This scheme was previously uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky
27 June
Irina Dolinina
Stories
Criminal Proceedings Initiated Against the IStories’ Editor-In-Chief and a Former Journalist of the Outlet
Details of Russian investigation claims against Roman Anin and Ekaterina Fomina
17 June
Editors
Stories
The Russian Interior Ministry Has Put the Editor-In-Chief of IStories Roman Anin and the Journalist Ekaterina Fomina on a Wanted List
17 June
Stories
“We Can Still Contact Technical Support in the West”
Russian weapons are being manufactured on foreign machinery — but why are they still running? An investigation by IStories
13 June
Anastasia Korotkova
Stories
Dubai Unlocked: Secrets and Lies in the UAE
IStories has uncovered which Russian officials, deputies, state company chiefs and criminals have acquired real estate in Dubai. Presenting Dubai Unlocked, a six-month international investigation involving more than 70 media outlets from around the globe.
14 May
Editors,
Dmitry Velikovsky
,
Misha Gagarin,
Ekaterina Selivanova,
Irina Dolinina
,
Alesya Marokhovskaya
,
Sonya Savina
,
Maria Zholobova,
Anastasia Korotkova
,
Lizaveta Tsybulina
Stories
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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
“Now You Will See How Interesting It is in Russia”
Russia’s Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova and her sister are deporting disabled Ukrainians from occupied territories against their will — an act which may constitute a war crime.
26 April
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
,
Viktoriia Novikova
Stories
Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Timur Ivanov Is Suspected of State Treason, According to IStories’ Sources
The bribe is only the public part of the accusation
24 April
Roman Anin
Stories
How Russia Imports Machinery for Arms Production and Can It Be Stopped
IStories revealed imports worth over 6 billion rubles in 2023
17 April
Anastasia Korotkova
Stories
“The Soldier Is Dead, and No One Will Miss His Rifle”
Terrorists shot people in Moscow with the newest Russian Army assault rifles. How it became possible and what happens to the black market of firearms during the war in Ukraine
16 April
Nikita Kondratev
Stories
The Great Wikipedia Edit War
How Russian billionaires manage their biographies on Wikipedia since the start of the war by deleting information about their citizenship, property, sanctions, and ties to the Kremlin. An investigation by IStories and Wikiganda
15 April
Yulia Starostina
Stories
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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
“I Want to Go Home”
Hundreds of children who were taken from Donbas to Russia are stuck in the Russian orphan system. An investigation by IStories and Verstka
3 April
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
,
Anna Ryzhkova
Stories
Telegram Groups Hold the Secrets of ISIS-K’s Cryptocurrency Wallet
$2525 was withdrawn from the wallet immediately after the attack, IStories uncovered. According to the detainees, they managed to receive payment of the same amount onto a card.
28 March
Alisa Kuznetsova
,
Nikita Kondratev
,
Egor Feoktistov
Stories
IStories Have Identified the New Wife of Vladimir Putin’s “Secret Banker”
Daria Popova is a model and the co-owner of a company linked to Putin’s close associates. And her husband is the head of Gazprombank, Andrey Akimov
12 March
Editors,
Dmitry Velikovsky
Stories
Bypassing Sanctions: How British Company Renishaw Assists the Russian Army
Russian defense manufacturing plants benefit from British measuring equipment and software systems
7 March
Anastasia Korotkova
Stories
Sergei Kirienko and Yuri Trutnev Formed Soyuz Combat Unit with Martial Artists for War
IStories uncovers Soyuz sponsors — from Sberbank to Rosatom
20 February
Roman Romanovskiy
Stories
Russian Politician Alexei Navalny Reported Dead
He became ill after a walk in a corrective colony, the causes of death are being established, the local Penitentiary Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service said
16 February
Stories
The Life of a State Banker: Only the Best for the Wives and Kids
The head of Gazprombank, Andrey Akimov, and his inner circle own an overseas property portfolio spanning from Ibiza to the Caribbean
9 February
Editors
Stories
Svatove Slaughter: What Was It Like
To stop the Ukrainian offensive on Svatove, the Russian command threw thousands of untrained mobilized people to the front line. Their relatives are telling what happened to them
18 January
Irina Dolinina
,
Rina Nikolaeva
Stories
Mobilizing Gay People, Mined Passports, Zelensky the Locust and “Glory to Urine!”
Ukraine was the target of most Russian fakes last year. The fact-checking project Provereno.Media summarizes the events of 2023.
27 December
Daniil Fedkevich
Stories
How Do Russian Snipers Get American and European Sights
This is not a problem — tens of thousands of them are imported into Russia, supposedly “for installation on hunting weapons”
26 December
Roman Romanovskiy
Stories
Central Asian Cotton Powers Russia’s Sanctioned Gunpowder Plants
Sanctions have complicated Russia’s effort to secure foreign-made military technology. But when it comes to sourcing the inputs for gunpowder — the explosive powering the army’s relentless artillery fire — Moscow can still rely on two Central Asian neighbors who have ramped up exports of cotton pulp, a key ingredient, since the invasion
21 December
Metin Kazama,
Olga Loginova,
Maria Zholobova
Stories
Ukraine Continues to Supply Russia with Aviation Spare Parts
An investigation by IStories and OCCRP
27 November
Maria Zholobova,
Metin Kazama
Stories
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The Case of Children Deportation from Ukraine to Russia
How Russian Parliamentary Leader Sergey Mironov and His New Wife Adopted a Child Kidnapped from Ukraine and Changed Her Identity
An investigation by IStories
23 November
Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya
,
Dmitry Velikovsky
Stories
Leaked Documents Show Cyprus Firms Linked to Russian Billionaires Played Key Role in the Kremlin’s Backdoor Dealings
Journalists from 69 global media outlets working under the auspices of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the German publication Paper Trail Media have published a new investigation titled Cyprus Confidential. Here are the investigation’s key findings
14 November
Stories
One of Russia’s Largest Importers of Sanctioned Aircraft Parts Has Changed Ownership after the IStories Investigation
The changes in the company’s structure were made 17 days after the investigation was released
2 November
Roman Romanovskiy
Stories
Components for One of the Deadliest Russian Missiles, Kalibr, are Being Supplied to Russia despite the Sanctions
An investigation about Inkotech, yet another supplier of contraband microelectronics for Russian weapons
26 October
Maria Zholobova
Stories
“The Most Rowdy Ones Were Thrown into the Pit”
IStories and Conflict Intelligence Team discovered torture “pits” for violators on the territory of Russian military training grounds. What awaits Russian volunteers before they are sent to war?
24 October
Sonya Savina
Stories
“Putin Pardoned the Murderers of Our Children.” A Film by IStories
True crime from modern-day Russia
21 October
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