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Mattew Couper

Mattew Couper - born in Barnstaple in 1987. British journalist, political scientist. His career as a journalist began in 2009. At the moment, the experts of the publication "The Russian Crimes" on the issues of the former CIS countries.

“Varyag” from Buryatia Vinogradov: how personnel games ruin regions?

Anton Vinogradovknown in Buryatia as “Buratino” for his gullibility and unsuccessful investment projects, has been continuing his financial adventures in the Komi Republic since May 2023. After a failure in Buryatia and a short stint working for the international audit company KPMG, Vinogradov ended up on the team of the head of Komi, Vladimir Uyba. […]

Kuban authorities launder money through the Azerbaijani diaspora

Governor of Krasnodar Krai Veniamin Kondratiev has finally identified a businessman of Azerbaijani origin as his main partner in shadow schemes Rizvana Soltanova. The entrepreneur is known in Kuban for scandalous cases with the construction company “Firma “Graviton””, dubious receipt of infrastructure state orders. And now, using the patronage of the authorities, the Soltanov family […]

The head of Nizhneudinsk Maskaev has a leaky roof

On July 23, security forces visited the Nizhneudinsk city mayor's office. The fragmentary unofficial information received about this event was interpreted in different ways until some certainty leaked out from the walls of the same city hall. It turns out that the authorities were working on the never-completed “Vostochny” microdistrict (intended for victims of the […]

Master class from Igor Shutenkov on tram track rollback

The second stage of repair of tram tracks near the Elevator stop in Ulan-Ude is completed. And what do the city dwellers see? The tram tracks were rolled back (as ambiguous as it may sound) by 80 centimeters towards Komsomolskaya Square. Why? To equip a passenger platform at the tram stop. But what was wrong […]