June 18th, 2018Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Thursday denounced the high cost of hosting the World Cup, alleging that much of the money was embezzled by businessmen seen to be close to President Vladimir Putin.
During a live video broadcast shortly after Russia's punishing 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia, Navalny -- known for anti-corruption...
March 29th, 2018MPs are to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK, including property bought with suspected Russian "dirty money".
It follows claims that £4.4bn of UK property may have been bought with suspicious wealth, with more than a fifth, or £880m, purchased by Russians.
UK and Russia relations are at a low point after a nerve agent...
February 19th, 2018Boris Johnson is to come under pressure this week to target Russian officials involved in corruption and human rights abuses with a tough new sanctions regime akin to co-ordinated measures taken by the US and Canada.
A cross-party group of senior MPs, led by Andrew Mitchell, a former Conservative chief whip, is preparing to back a...
February 5th, 2018Russian oligarchs suspected of involvement in organised crime will be forced to explain to authorities how they are funding their lavish lifestyle, the Government has said.
Security minister Ben Wallace said new powers set to come into force next week will be used as part of a crackdown on gangsters.
Foreign criminals and corrupt...
December 28th, 2017A lawyer at the Rosneft oil giant has been detained on suspicion of accepting a bribe from a notorious Russian criminal boss.
The mafia boss, known as “Shakro the Young,” is standing trial together with his accomplices for their alleged involvement in a 2015 shootout at a Moscow restaurant. Shakro has been called “the leader of...
December 27th, 2017On Monday, Russian election officials formally barred anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny from running for president in the March 18 election.
Over the past year, Navalny has launched a grassroots campaign to challenge the current president, Vladimir Putin. Navalny is the most serious opponent that Putin has ever faced.
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December 8th, 2017A former Russian cabinet minister today delivered his final word in a bribery trial that has electrified the country and split its ruling elite. Alexei Ulyukayev, his voice between angry and trembling, used his 12-minute speech to ask for forgiveness.
He was guilty – he said – but not of the “absurd” allegation of accepting a...
November 13th, 2017FIFA has been urged to reveal more about its monitoring of construction sites at World Cup venues in Russia and Qatar in a report by its Human Rights Advisory Board.
The report, published on Thursday (November 9 2017), welcomed FIFA's new approach, such as including commitments to human rights in the bidding process for hosting future...
July 19th, 2017Police arrested the head of Spain’s soccer federation, throwing the leadership of the sport in the World Cup-winning nation into disarray a year before the next round of the elite championship takes place in Russia.
The probe into Villar, who is the second-highest ranking official in world soccer, brings fresh trauma for the sport...
July 14th, 2017Corruption is undermining all efforts to rebuild Ukraine in line with European Union norms, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday, as President Petro Poroshenko vowed to pursue ever-closer integration with the bloc.
Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk were in Kiev for a 24-hour summit with...
