THEO VAN GOGH SOCIETY: Russia-focused stories from ICIJ’s Pandora Papers partners and more

ICIJ’s media partners have used the Pandora Papers, FinCEN Files and Paradise and Panama Papers to uncover numerous secret networks of Russian oligarchs, businesspeople and more By ICIJMay 3, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February prompted renewed scrutiny of Russia’s wealthy and powerful elite, including investigations of assets held outside Russia.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ media partners used the Pandora Papers, FinCEN Files and Paradise and Panama Papers to uncover numerous secret networks of Russian oligarchs, businesspeople and more. Here is a collection of their stories:

Pandora Papers

• [profil] Strabag: Wer kontrolliert den russischen Anteil?  (Austria, German)
• [L’Espresso] Francia, tutta la storia dei milioni che le banche di Putin e Orban hanno regalato a Marine Le Pen (Italy, Italian)
• [L’Espresso] Le mani di Mosca sui tesori di Kiev: il banchiere di Putin, l’ex presidente filo-russo e quelle offshore segrete (Italy, Italian)
• [Armandoinfo] Los banqueros rusos le picaron adelante a las sanciones (Venezuela, Spanish)
• [Radio France] Comment l’oligarque russe Suleyman Kerimov a mis ses milliards à l’abri des autorités fiscales (France, French)
• [BBC Panorama] Sanctioned Russian oligarchs linked to £800m worth of UK property (United Kingdom, English)
• [Radio France] Paradis fiscaux et hommes de paille : plongée dans les montages complexes de l’oligarque Suleyman Kerimov (France, French)
• [France Inter] Dans le labyrinthe offshore de l’oligarque russe Suleyman Kerimov (France, French)
• [CBC and Radio-Canada] Russian billionaire is behind mansion that housed Harry and Meghan, leaked files show (Canada, English)
• [profil and ORF] Karibik-Millionen: Wie eine Russin die ehemalige Kärntner Hypo-Zentrale kaufte (Austria, German)

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[CBC and Radio-Canada] Russian billionaire is behind mansion that housed Harry and Meghan, leaked files show (Canada, English)

• [CBC and Radio-Canada] Un mysterieux manoir (Canada, French)
• [Asahi Shimbun] オリガルヒ、制裁当日に資産移動　カリブの島に「子の母」の法人 (Japan, Japanese)
• [profil] Karibik-Millionen: Wie eine Russin die ehemalige Kärntner Hypo-Zentrale kaufte (Austria, German)
• [CBC News] Who owns B.C. mansion that housed Harry and Meghan? (Canada, English)
• [profil and ORF] Die Raiffeisen-Connection von Roman Abramovich (Austria, German)
• [The Irish Times] Sandyford KGB spy links (Ireland, English)
• [Radio Canada] Un mystérieux manoir dans l’île de Vancouver (Canada, French )
• [Asahi Shimbun] 経済制裁対象のロシア富豪がタックスヘイブン法人で財産移動 (Japan, Japanese)
• [REPORTER] Die Offshore-Firmen des Alexei Mordaschow (Luxembourg, German)
• [RSI] Oligarchi nel mirino dei Pandora Papers (Switzerland, Italian)
• [MANS Research Center] Pandora Papiri: Ruski offshore milioni za luksuzne nekretnine u Crnoj Gori (Montenegro, Montenegrin)
• [MANS Research Center] Pandora Papiri Rusija – Ruski offshore milioni za luksuzne nekretnine u Crnoj Gori (Montenegro, Montenegrin)
• [Yle] MOT-selvitys: Suomalainen yhtiö operoi kolmea lentokonetta, jotka omistaa pakotelistalla olevan Gazprombankin johtaja (Finland, Finnish)
• [Convoca and El País] Oligarcas sancionados, millonarios y banqueros: los Pandora Papers destapan 3.700 sociedades offshore vinculadas a Rusia (Peru, Spanish)
• [Convoca] ICIJ revela más de 800 rusos detrás de cientos de sociedades offshore y expande su base de datos pública (Peru, Spanish)
• [NBC News] How a mysterious Putin ally, the ‘Russian Gatsby,’ moves his billions (USA, English)
• [DW News] Oligarkların gizli hesapları açığa çıktı (Germany, Turkish)
• [Guards – The Center for Communication and Democracy in Israel] נכסי רומן אברמוביץ’ בישראל נחשפים: משכנתא של 113 מיליון בבנק הפועלים, שווי של יותר מחצי מיליארד שקל (Israel, Hebrew)
• [laSextra] Los Pandora Papers destapan 3.700 sociedades offshore vinculadas a oligarcas, banqueros y políticos rusos (Spain, Spanish)
• [Infobae] Pandora Papers: oligarcas, millonarios y banqueros rusos utilizaron 3.700 sociedades offshore para ocultar su riqueza (Argentina, Spanish)
• [Oštro] Kako je direktor prevzel Datalab (Croatia, Slovenian)
• [WDR, NDR and SZ] Wie Oligarchen ihr Vermögen schützen (Germany, German)
• [investigace.cz] Pandora Papers: Druhá várka dat (Czech Republic, Czech)
• [Poder360] Oligarca russo aliado de Putin teria movimentado US$ 700 mi (Brazil, Portuguese)
• [profil and ORF] Russland-Connection: Diskreter Millionen-Deal bei Siegfried Wolf (Austria, German)
• [profil] Die Offshore-Welt der Oligarchen (Austria, German)
• [Washington Post] U.S. hunt for Russian oligarchs’ huge fortunes faces barriers offshore (USA, English)
• [De Tijd] Russen ontsnappen aan sancties via schermconstructies (Belgium, Dutch)
• [De Tijd] Des hommes et femmes de paille suisses brassaient les milliards d’un oligarque (Belgium, French)
• [The Irish Times] Pandora Papers: New release reveals more than 800 Russians behind secret companies (Ireland, English)
• [Daraj] “باندورا روسيا”: 11 ألف كيان مالي روسي في الخارج! (Lebanon, Arabic)
• [Trouw] Oligarchen weten hun geld goed af te schermen, en doen dat al sinds de inlijving van de Krim (Netherlands, dutch)
• [BBC Panorama] Hidden wealth of one of Putin’s ‘inner circle’ revealed (United Kingdom, English)

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