This joint project of Current Time and «Municipal scanner» is dedicated to the highly intricate and secretive network of companies affiliated with the Saint Petersburg entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin, relations between these companies, their joint property...
In this part, you will learn: how the crash of a light helicopter leads to the entire aircraft fleet of the businessman and his new yacht; what the pilot who used to transport Prigozhin...
How the business of providing catering services to the Russian military emerged and gained strength; how the businessman’s structures used the money that would be enough to build a bridge to Crimea; why relations...
The seamy side of Prigozhin’s empire: how formally unrelated companies take loans from each other; why they are doing this; what Prigozhin’s structures procure and how it’s used in African countries. Joint investigation of...
Who serves in the CAR and Sudan on Russia’s behalf; what conflicts between Russians and local gangs look like; who recruits mercenaries and supplies them with equipment; how gold mining companies in Africa are...
Last year, “Municipal Scanner” presented the ”Guide to Karlovy Vary”. We appreciated the public reaction and decided to study another interesting European city — Geneva. Like in Karlovy Vary, you can find people from all...
On May 14, 2018, Oleg Sentsov went on an indefinite hunger strike, demanding the release of 64 Ukrainian political prisoners held by Russia in pre-trial detention centers and penal colonies. Today marks the 16th...
Lithuanian businessmen, who by twist of different circumstances find themselves in Crimea, which is currently annexed by Russia, describe the current situation as a headache. But representatives of the Russian anti-corruption non-profits say that...
Recently we told you about the arrangement devised by Arkady Rotenberg to circumvent Western sanctions. The arrangement is quite simple. Rotenberg takes the trusted people from his team, who for many years have managed...
Otto Berman: Nothing personal, it’s just business. We recently told you about the way Arkady Rotenberg decided to circumvent the EU and US sanctions by sending his financial administrators to the Eastern European countries....
