Novaya Gazeta sets forth in its quest for real estate belonging to bureaucrats, parliamentarians, the authorities and businessmen close to them in resort countries. We begin with Montenegro, already ubiquitously known as the Russian VIP resort. We were able to get our hands on a complete state cadastral land record, which indicates both landowners and the real estate built on this land...

Our investigation focused on several offshore companies with turnover exceeding one billion dollars. The bank transactions we obtained show that money was transferred to the accounts of these offshore companies from Russia, the United States, the UK, New Zealand, China and Ukraine among others. We attribute these links to the fact that criminals from all over the world use the same technologies...

In June 2011 Acting Chairman of the Federation Council, Alexander Torshin, introduced the “Federal Constitutional Law on Introducing Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of the RF” draft bill in the State Duma. A more appropriate title...

Just before the New Year the honest Swiss citizens noted some abnormality: something grandiose, not just a villa, is being constructed in the resort town of Villar sur Ollon. Three storeys over the mountain slope and more six storeys in...

Imagine the picture painted by some experts studying corruption: Russia has a shadow budget (also called a black or alternative Russian budget) whence money can be drawn for elections or “under the table” payments to members of the...

First joint investigation by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and Novaya Gazeta Just a few years ago Russia was a consumer of contraband cigarettes. Now it has been for rather long that this kind of product...

Novaya Gazeta learned that those travelling in the Volkswagen were the wife of the interior minister and her friend, a high-ranking employee in the investigation agencies. They were taken to the hospital with minor injuries along with the driver... “There is no criminal case”, say

It is difficult for me to write this text, for I am obliged to be tactful and observe the proprieties, though when I first found out about the story, I was not inclined to mince my words. Nonetheless, I will try. The matter up for...

The Kremlin is deciding about the bill On Fight Against Corruption. The bill was created by inter-agency working group headed by Assistant President Viktor Ivanov. It is expected that the document will be examined in the Security Council....

Dmitry Medvedev backed Vladimir Putin’s burst of enthusiasm for fighting corruption in state companies. In the best case scenario, will find out the outcome of this order only after the 4 March elections. Meanwhile, the fight against corruption, it seems, is going to become a part of presidential candidate Putin’s election campaign rhetoric...

Russia’s governmental workers are not used to be accountable to the community. Even most open and democratically disposed among them do not consider it justified the interest to the activity by and wealth of their families. Novaya Gazeta...

“The Palace for Putin” on the Black Sea coast, which St Petersburg businessman Sergei Kolesnikov told Novaya Gazeta about in an interview, has been sold. The official owner of the palace was a company belonging to Nikolai Shamalov, a...

We received a reply from Mr Sechin, Russian deputy prime minister, and Mr Dvorkovich, presidential aide, who received Novaya Gazeta’s inquiry about how they prefer to travel by air, as did other high ranking government officials and state...

The Spanish Supreme Court has been learning unknown terms like “vor v zakone” (the lord of the underground), “autoritety” (criminal authorities) and “hermanos de Tambov” (brothers from Tambov). Those words are seen in the indictment...

Editorial preview Novaya Gazeta is closely following the nonpublic activities of parliamentary parties. As it turns out, undercover activities are much more important than speeches delivered by party bosses in parliament or their voting...