Russia
Oligarch Vladimir Potanin financing black PR campaigns against Western sanctions

United States
Shestakov trial set to begin amid friction over classified documents

Sergey Shestakov is asking the American government to produce records from several intelligence agencies that the former Soviet diplomat believes will help his defence.

United States
FBI seeks former Deripaska employees for Shestakov trial

The bureau is interested in those familiar with the activities of EN+ and their interactions with key figures in the group owned by the Russian oligarch.

Spotlight | Moldova, Russia
A Russian fixer's epic journey from post-Soviet Russia to a $1bn Moldovan investigation

Mark Garber, who for decades has worked for oligarchs in the shadows, has now been connected to firms suspected of laundering money in Moldova.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ex-CRG in Riyadh, Green joins Westexec, G3, Seladore Legal, Geos

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington and London via Paris.

Riyad/WashingtonMike Wolff takes on MbS's projects

WashingtonBiden's NSC newbie heads over to Westexec

LondonAnna Gumowska leaves K2 for G3

LondonSeladore Legal at front line of Russian oligarch tiff

ParisGeos invests in Other Consulting Solutions

France, Russia
French corporate intelligence firm Axis watches over battle for Danone's Russian assets

Competition to take over French food giant Danone's Russian business has reached fever pitch less than two weeks before a decision is due to be announced, a situation that has been keeping veteran French corporate intelligence firm Axis hard at work.

Spotlight | United States
FBI alerted of Russian oil trader Niels Troost's secret US business interests

Troost has largely gone underground since being named in news reports as a key energy broker for Russia. He denies charges of sanctions busting or any illegal activities, but recently cancelled a trip to New York, according to a source.

Europe, France, Greece, United States
Indictment exposes SVR industrial spy's former defence partners

While the US Department of Justice's probe into Greek businessman Nikolaos Bogonikolos focuses on goods illegally exported to Russia's intelligence services, the man at the heart of the investigation long worked in the same circles as several European defence groups.

Cyprus, United Kingdom
Oligarchs' fixers look for fixers of their own to help them escape sanctions

The consultants operating behind the scenes for their already sanctioned former Russian oligarch clients are themselves being increasingly targeted by Western sanctions. They are looking for investigators to help them avoid or at least reduce the impact of those measures.

Russia
United Shipbuilding Corp plans to expand its activities in the Russian Far East

Russia's largest shipbuilder will shortly retake a capital stake in one of its former subsidiaries, ticking off another box on its list of potential acquisition targets in the strategic Vladivostok region.

Spotlight | Russia
Russia's tax havens cash in on West's hunt for oligarchs

Boosted by the conflict in Ukraine, the attractive tax regimes of Kaliningrad and Vladivostok are now being snapped up by Russian conglomerates hit or threatened by Western sanctions, with Viktor Vekselberg and Said Kerimov the latest to join in.