Russia

LEXINGTON, Ky. — An Estonian national has been sentenced for participating in a massive $10 billion international money laundering and healthcare fraud scheme with ties to Russia. Aleksandr Lis, 26, …

Delhi Police have cracked down on a Telegram-based “paid task” scam allegedly operated by an Indian medical student studying in Russia. The investigation led to the arrest of five individuals …

Baku, Azerbaijan – A court in Azerbaijan has ordered the pre-trial detention of eight Russian citizens for four months following their arrest on July 1. According to the Azerbaijani news …

MOSCOW – Vladimir Smerkis, co-founder of the Telegram-based crypto project Blum and former head of Binance operations in Russia, has been arrested in Moscow on large-scale fraud charges, according to …

MOSCOW – Russian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for journalist Yulia Taratuta, a presenter with exiled broadcaster TV Rain, accusing her of violating the country’s controversial “foreign agent” law, …

Popular Russian blogger Alexandra Mitroshina has been placed under house arrest in Moscow after pleading guilty to money laundering. She admitted to laundering 127 million rubles (~$1.5 million) in unpaid …

Far-right populist Călin Georgescu was arrested by Romanian police in Bucharest on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of election campaign fraud. Georgescu, who made an unexpected …

Mark Tolstikhin, a former Russian 4x1000m relay champion, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for a series of robberies and phone thefts. The 35-year-old, who …

NEW YORK, NY — Sergei Zharnovnikov, 46, a Kyrgyzstan arms dealer, has been charged with conspiring to export semi-automatic firearms from the United States to Russia without proper licenses and …

Russian law enforcement announced on Monday that James Scott Rhys Anderson, a 22-year-old British man, is facing serious charges, including terrorism and operating as a mercenary, after being captured while …