Paid passage for Russia’s shadow fleet: how sanctioned tankers keep moving through strategic straits
The escalation of hostilities across the Azov–Black Sea region in the summer of 2026 sharply reduced
England’s £255m illegal care industry: councils paid hundreds of companies for unregistered children’s placements
Hundreds of private companies in England received more than a quarter of a billion pounds in public money linked to unregistered children’s homes over the past two years, according to an investigation
How foreign journalists can become part of political legitimacy campaigns
An Argentine journalist, a German commentator, an American participant or another foreign visitor can serve a particular function in political messaging: they can be
The War Before War
How Russia Built the Conditions for the 2008 Invasion of Georgia Georgia fired the opening barrage of the large-scale conflict on the night of
MPs accepted nearly £400,000 in hospitality in seven months as freebies controversy returns
British MPs accepted almost £400,000 worth of hospitality between January and July 2026, according to an analysis of the latest Register of Members’ Financial
Back through the side door: how Russia dismantled sports sanctions in a year
An investigation into the chain of events and the key figures behind the reversal The collapse of the restrictions: from isolated concessions to a
Kazakhstan alleges Big Oil corruption tainted $10.7 billion in contracts, delayed key oil project
The Kazakh government is claiming in a confidential arbitration that international oil giants awarded $10.7 billion in contracts at the Kashagan oil field which
Leaked files expose Russian “cognitive strike” plans and operations targeting Europe
In September 2025, severed pig heads bearing the name of French President Emmanuel Macron appeared outside nine mosques and Islamic centers in and around
A $2,700 Coolant Order and the Paper Trail Behind Belarus’s Chip Plant
Follow the investigation and updates on X On the table sits a stack of documents bearing blue stamps: a bilingual contract in English and
Lithuania reviews Belarusian businessman Andrei Shimanovich for national security threat
Lithuania’s Migration Department said on Thursday that it had asked the State Security Department to reassess whether Belarusian businessman Andrei Shimanovich poses a threat
DZ Mafia Denies Threatening French Mayor as Authorities Investigate Arson and Extortion Cases
France has faced a series of criminal incidents over the past two weeks in which the name of the “DZ Mafia” has repeatedly surfaced.
Mazut leaks again from sunken tanker Volgoneft: why billion-ruble court penalties haven’t stopped the spill
Fuel oil is leaking again from the wreck of the tanker Volgoneft-239 in the Kerch Strait, a year and a half after the vessel