Russian general buys $38 million worth of property in Miami
Former Russian Major-General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), Anatoly Petukhov, who dealt with combating organized crime, invested $38 million in real estate in Miami, as reported by the international anti-corruption organization, Transparency International Russia, who has been investigating these activities.
Petukhov held the post of the Deputy Head of the MIA Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. This unit dealt not only with mafia, but also with economic crimes, and …
Media: Russia relocates its military and their families to the Crimea
Over the course of three years, sixty thousand Russian military personnel, a large portion of whom are officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), have settled in the Crimea, reports Krym.Realii.
Employees of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation are being resettled in governmental residences on the territory of the Crimea. New buildings with opportune locations have already appeared in Sevastopol, Armyansk and Dzhankoy.
According to Mykola Malomuzh, former head …
Ukraine and Poland sign memorandum to cooperate on Via Carpatia road system
On October 22nd, Ukraine and Poland signed a memorandum regarding continued cooperation on Via Carpatia. This is a road system that will connect a number of Eastern European countries from the north to the south. Ukraine was expected to join the project.
The press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure reported that Ukrainian Minister Volodymyr Omelyan and his Polish colleague Andrzej Adamczyk signed the memorandum.
They also held a bilateral meeting in which they agreed to a partnership …
Journalist arrested in Kyiv at Kazakhstan’s request
Kazakh journalist Zhanara Akhmet has been arrested in Kyiv, her lawyer Vladislav Hryshchenko told Hromadske.
According to her lawyer, the journalist and public figure was arrested because she was placed on the Interpol wanted list by the Kazakh government.
Zhanara Akhmet and her 9 year-old son have been living in Kyiv for at least a year, and are applying for political asylum.
“On October 21, the lights were turned off for about 18 hours in Zhanara Akhmet’s apartment. When she went out to …
Media: Russian soldiers going to Syria encouraged by high salaries
Russian mercenaries are going to war in Syria primarily because of the high salaries, their relatives reported during interviews with Russian television channel Dozhd.
It is noted that Russian military personnel currently serve in Syria through private military companies, including private company Wagner Group.
“If there are such morons who signed the contracts, they [Wagner Group] can simply dump them,” said one of the relatives.
During the segment, the channel reported that mercenaries …