A new figure has appeared in the scandalous criminal case of the gang of crooks who stole 150 apartments from the Defense Ministry. Stanislav Balyukin, an official in the Defense Ministry, was detained in Moscow. He is considered to be one of the key participants in a fraud case which cost the state damages of […]
An astronomical 1.136 trillion rubles ($36.4 billion) has already been spent on the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. In the 305 days remaining until the opening of the Games, another plus or minus 390 billion rubles will be spent. Mainly companies close to Vladimir Putin are appropriating these billions, claims Boris Nemtsov, one of the opposition […]
The little person in this case is Yan Kirillov, aged 3 years and 4 months. A year and a half ago, he stopped talking. Doctors confirm that reason for this pathology is the psychological trauma received as a result of his father’s arrest. On Monday in Khoroshevsky District Court in Moscow, the criminal case of […]
Putin’s raids on the Skolkovo financial center outside of Moscow, and his recent push outlawing state officials from owning foreign assets-including precious metals-are just two of the most recent examples of Putin using anti-money laundering and financial laws as a means of control. The traditional view of anti-money laundering laws is that they are designed […]
