InvestigationsLost in translation: How Russia’s new elite hit squad was compromised by an idiotic lapse in tradecraftChristo Grozev13 March 2026Nikolai Antoniadis13 March 2026Fidelius Schmid13 March 2026Michael Weiss13 March 2026Roman Dobrokhotov13 March 2026
InvestigationsThe Insider identifies 6,000 exporters trading with sanctioned Russian firms or defense industry suppliers, 4,000 of them based in ChinaAZAndrey Zayakin11 March 2026
InvestigationsTo Russia for the money: Austria’s Putin-friendly former foreign minister lives on million-ruble fees from propaganda channel RTThe Insider 11 March 2026
Investigations“The biggest cover-up of my adult life”: Inside the CIA’s attempt to make Havana Syndrome disappearMichael Weiss8 March 2026
Investigations“What bastard builds a school inside a military base?”: Residents of Iran’s Minab speak out about the school strikeTOTimur Olevsky5 March 2026
InvestigationsThe drinking buddy: Dmitry Medvedev’s “wallet” profits from Oreshnik missile production while making wine in ItalySergei Ezhov5 March 2026
InvestigationsTheft, mistresses, and U.S. passports: The double lives of the Russian MPs building a “digital GULAG” while preaching “traditional values”Sergei Ezhov28 February 2026
InvestigationsAlice in adult-land: Nomma Zarubina admits to collaborating with the FSB and involvement in prostitutionRoman Dobrokhotov26 February 2026Christo Grozev26 February 2026
Investigations“The study had nothing to do with treatment”: Russian institute that supplied toxin used on Navalny looked into methods for its detectionRoman Dobrokhotov20 February 2026
InvestigationsSuppliers of death: The Insider identifies another 300 companies making purchases on behalf of the Russian militaryAZAndrey Zayakin18 February 2026
InvestigationsThrough Mordovia to Mordor: How Latin American and African mercenaries are recruited for Russia’s war against UkraineAAlexei Remizov16 February 2026
Investigations“Pancake,” “Lenin,” and an FSB hacker: Meet the fresh faces at Putin’s new directorate “for strategic partnership and cooperation”Sergey Kanev13 February 2026
InvestigationsTalking points from Moscow: How RT and the GRU set the agenda on German-language TelegramRoman Dobrokhotov6 February 2026Maria Ehrlich6 February 2026Anastasia Mikhaylova6 February 2026
InvestigationsDrunk driving and prostitutes: Members of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service have taken to denouncing their colleaguesSergey Kanev22 January 2026
InvestigationsInside Moscow’s latest clash of clans: A new counterintelligence chief could hand Igor Sechin influence over both the FSB and the armySergey Kanev1 January 2026
InvestigationsCovering their trail: Russia’s customs service has started concealing data on sanctioned importsAZAndrey Zayakin25 December 2025
InvestigationsThe mob’s humanitarian backdoor: Ramzan Kadyrov’s mafia connections reach deep into German critical infrastructureRoman Dobrokhotov17 December 2025Anastasia Mikhaylova17 December 2025
InvestigationsSubstance dependence: Russia’s military-industrial complex still relies on imported chemicals, including some from the WestAZAndrey Zayakin10 December 2025
InvestigationsPrivatization for hire: Russia’s state property chief is on the payroll of Putin pal Arkady RotenbergSergei Ezhov8 December 2025
InvestigationsCall center redemption: Why a former Russian prison guard’s captivity at a rogue telemarketing outpost had nothing to do with UkraineSergey Kanev18 November 2025
InvestigationsA champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operativeChristo Grozev4 November 2025Michael Weiss4 November 2025Roman Dobrokhotov4 November 2025
InvestigationsKremlin customer service: The Insider identifies the top 30 customs brokers facilitating sanctioned imports to RussiaAZAndrey Zayakin31 October 2025
InvestigationsMillionaire vs. buskers: Chief of St. Petersburg Police cracking down on street musicians owns $6.2 million worth of real estateSergei Ezhov30 October 2025
Investigations“The sky is falling?”: Company linked to oligarch Deripaska bought American-inspired Swiwin engines for use in jet-powered Shahed dronesTOTimur Olevsky30 October 2025AZAndrey Zayakin30 October 2025
InvestigationsOur Lady of Spies: How a crime boss built a “miracle church” for Russia’s top intelligence officersSergey Kanev29 October 2025
InvestigationsThe price of loyalty: Kremlin propaganda power couple Skabeeva and Popov have seen their incomes soar amid Russia’s invasion of UkraineSergei Ezhov27 October 2025
InvestigationsShoigu’s daughter, a submarine shipyard, and two criminal oligarchs: Meet the Russian business partners of Estonian entrepreneurs Sergei Ezhov14 October 2025
InvestigationsWar and wine: While Russia bleeds money and battles drones, Putin's wine business is boomingSSergey Panov6 October 2025
InvestigationsReporting for duty: Kremlin sends in new agents after Austria expels spies masquerading as journalistsSergey Kanev2 October 2025
Investigations“They pointed at some woman and said I’d been caught red-handed”: How Chechen security services honeytrap men into going to warMKMikhail Kalinin25 September 2025
InvestigationsOur Jan in Moscow: The secret Russian life of Europe's most notorious fugitive-turned-spyChristo Grozev16 September 2025Roman Lehberger16 September 2025Michael Weiss16 September 2025Roman Dobrokhotov16 September 2025
InvestigationsFamily values: FSB chief’s nephew tied to corrupt businessmen including Putin’s old judo partnersSergei Ezhov16 September 2025
InvestigationsSpies, banquets, and embezzlement: The inner workings of Putin’s “cultural ties” directorateSergey Kanev12 September 2025
InvestigationsRussian billionaire Konstantin Nikolaev received EU subsidies while a company linked to him was importing Austrian Glock pistols to RussiaThe Insider 30 August 2025
InvestigationsThe Russian Duma’s “Bachelor Club”: Meet 39 MPs whose secret partners own their undisclosed wealthSergei Ezhov20 August 2025
InvestigationsDocuments confirm Russia is helping China develop a system for managing landing operations — potentially for use in a Taiwan invasionThe Insider 14 August 2025