Tanks, bombs, shootings: Ukrainians describe Russian takeover of villages
Witnesses describe soldiers shooting people dead in the street and confiscating phones and laptops
The Guardian
Financial Times
Ukraine nears deal with global insurers to cover grain ships
Scheme could cover up to 30 commercial vessels in Black Sea under threat of potential attack from Russia
The Guardian
We’re almost out of ammunition and relying on western arms, says Ukraine
Exclusive: Deputy head of military intelligence says it’s an artillery war now and ‘everything depends on what the west gives us’
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International hackers based in Ukraine stole unpublished press releases and passed them to stock traders to reap tremendous profits.
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...
Kyiv Post
Victor Pinchuk: Friend or foe of Ukraine?
Billionaire Victor Pinchuk is Ukraine’s most renowned philanthropist, spending… - Oct. 14, 2016. By Isobel Koshiw