’Collect my parents or collect my son’s body’: a Kyiv family’s tragic plight
Sasha Ivanov, 18, an aspiring neurosurgeon, was killed trying to help his grandparents. It was not the end of the family’s ordeal
The Guardian
The Guardian
‘If we get out of here it will be a miracle:’ a family at war in the hell of Bakhmut
After volunteering for the Ukrainian territorial defence force, a headmaster and his son found themselves in frontline battles
Kyiv Post
Dmytro Firtash: The Oligarch Who Can’t Come Home
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the Ukraine Oligarch Watch series of reports supported by… - Dec. 09, 2016. By Isobel Koshiw
The Guardian
How the war has robbed Ukraine’s oligarchs of political influence
Five months since Russia’s invasion started, Ukraine’s wealthiest people have gone quiet – but will it stay like this for long?
Global Witness
Assad’s Money Men in Moscow: A Syrian-Russian Money Laundering Network | Global Witness
An international money laundering network financing Syria’s brutal al-Assad regime uses anonymous companies in the EU and UK Overseas Territories
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The Verge
How a hacker network turned stolen press releases into $100 million
International hackers based in Ukraine stole unpublished press releases and passed them to stock traders to reap tremendous profits.
The Economist 1843
Dark, damp and deathly: inside a hospital on Ukraine’s front line
Medics must perform life-saving procedures under constant shelling
The Economist 1843
To catch a saboteur: Ukraine on edge
Plus the grandads defending Ukraine against Russia’s mighty army
Washington Post
Ukraine flood victims say occupying Russians aren’t sending help
Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas of the south, inundated after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, described continuing chaos.
The New York Times
The Power of Money: How Autocrats Use London to Strike Foes Worldwide (Published 2021)
English courtrooms have become a battleground — and a source of powerful weapons — in fierce disputes between the tycoons and the politicians of the post-Soviet world.
Global Witness
Assad Henchmen's Russian Refuge: Syrian regime financers stashing money in Moscow | Global Witness
Global Witness estimates that prominent members of the powerful Makhlouf family, cousins of dictator Bashar al-Assad, own at least US$40 million worth of property across two Moscow skyscrapers.
OCCRP
Ownership of Chemicals that Exploded at Beirut Port Traces Back to Ukraine - OCCRP
A year after a massive shipment of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut, an OCCRP investigation has settled one of the biggest lingering questions: who actually owned the cargo. A trail of documents...