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
- [Washington Post] Three dozen tycoons met Putin on invasion day. Most had moved money abroad. (United States, English)
- [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)
- [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)
- [Knack] Pandora Papers Russia: gelekte documenten onthullen discrete eigendommen van Russische oligarchen (Belgium, German)
- [SVT] Dokument avslöjar: Så försöker oligarken bakom Tui runda EU-sanktionerna (Sweden, Swedish)
- [Daraj] وثائق باندورا- روسيا: سليمان كريموف الأوليغارشي
الذى أغوى المصارف الغربية واستضاف شاكيرا (Lebanon, Arabic)” - [Proceso] ICIJ revela más de 800 rusos detrás de cientos de sociedades offshore y expande su base de datos (Mexico, Spanish)
- [L’Espresso] Russia Papers, otto banchieri di Putin hanno nascosto oltre 2 miliardi nelle offshore (Italy, Italian)
- [Yle] Kansainvälinen hanke paljastaa uutta tietoa Putinin lähipiirin ja Venäjän ex-ministereiden kätketystä varallisuudesta (Finland, Finnish )
- [Yle] Äldre dataläckor avslöjar nya gömmor för ryska pengar: Bankirer, ex-ministrar och Putins närmaste krets inblandade (Finland, Swedish)
- [Süddeutsche Zeitung] Die Offshore-Geschäfte der Oligarchen (Germany, German)
- [Shomrim] נכסי רומן אברמוביץ’ בישראל נחשפים: משכנתא של 113 מיליון בבנק הפועלים, שווי של יותר מחצי מיליארד שקל (Israel, Hebrew)
- [Calcalist] נכסי אברמוביץ’ בארץ: משכנתא של 113 מיליון שקל ושותפים אלמונים (Israel, Hebrew)
- [Politiken] De lever i luksus, men er tvunget til at gemme sig. Nu er der nyt om Putins rige venner (Denmark, Danish)
- [Proceso] Las fortunas de multimillonarios rusos en sociedades off shore, un reto para las sanciones de occidente (Mexico, Spanish)
- [L’Espresso] C’è un nuovo yacht fantasma russo: sparito da Pesaro, fa capo al custode dei beni di Putin e a Gazprom (Italy, Italian)
- [BBC] Alisher Usmanov: Oligarch says he ditched mansions before sanctions (United Kingdom, English)
- [Australian Financial Review] How Rene Rivkin’s lawyer helped Putin’s circle (Australia, English)
- [El País] Los intereses en Europa de los oligarcas rusos sancionados: aviones, mansiones y empresas secretas (Spain, Spanish)
- [EL PAÍS] España retiene en Barcelona un yate vinculado a un oligarca ruso (Spain, Spanish)
- [The Guardian] The tight web of lawyers and PR firms who oil the wheels for billionaires (United Kingdom, English)
- [Oštro] Slovenski prevoznik ruskih oligarhov (Croatia, Slovenian )
- [Oštro] Splitska jahta oligarhove supruge (Croatia, Slovenian )
- [Le Soir] L’oligarchie russe, un réseau bien installé dans le système financier britannique (Belgium, French)
- [L’Espresso] Pandora Papers, così l’amico di Vladimir Putin ha pagato milioni all’uomo di Silvio Berlusconi a Mosca (Italy, Italian)
- [Oštro] Šipanske vile financirao i bivši ruski ministar (Croatia, Croatian)
- [Reporter.lu] Russische Versteckspiele via Luxemburg (Luxembourg, German)
- [Washington Post] How U.S. sanctions take a hidden toll on Russian oligarchs (USA, English)
- [profil] Russische Millionen, britische Parteispenden und eine Wiener Privatbank (Austria, German)
- [Ostro] A Tale of Two Brothers and A Croatian Island (Slovenia, English)
- [Reporter.lu] Auf den Spuren der „Russian cases“ (Luxembourg, German)
- [Yle] DOCUMENTARY (Finland, Finnish)
- [Süddeutsche Zeitung] Die russische Spur in die Maximilianstraße (Germany, German)
- [Washington Post] Secret money, swanky real estate and a Monte Carlo mystery (USA, English)
- [IStories] Yacht, villa andRostec (Russia, Russian)
- [IStories] vzlet cherez trubu (Russia, Russian)
- [Yle] Data leak exposes Putin associates’ secret fortunes – including a billion-euro arrangement for the president’s Finnish friend (Finland, English)
- [Slidstvo] PANDORA PAPERS: УКРАЇНСЬКІ ПОЛІТИКИ ТА БІЗНЕСМЕНИ У НОВОМУ ОФШОРНОМУ ВИТОКУ (Ukraine, Ukrainian)
- [Le Monde] « Pandora Papers » : dans l’entourage de Vladimir Poutine, des fortunes bien dissimulées (France, French)
- [IStories] Ernst, Offshore and Cinema (Russia, Russian)
- [Aftenposten] Fornuftige advokater styrer langt unna opplegg som dette (Norway, Norwegian)
- [Aftenposten] Denne mannen er en av Putins nærmeste. Han kobles til et skjult nettverk. (Norway, Norwegian)
- [Aftenposten] Dette er oligarkenes hjelpere: Slik får milliardærene kjøpt fly, luksusbåter og andre leketøy i all hemmelighet (Norway, Norwegian)
- [Aftenposten] Han regisserte OL-åpningen i Sochi. Samme dag dukket et selskap opp på Jomfruøyene. Det ble det penger av. (Norway, Norwegian)
FinCEN Files
- [BuzzFeed News] Secret Documents Show It’s Not Going To Be Easy To Seize Russian Oligarchs’ Money (USA, English)
- [BuzzFeed News] Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich Invested At Least $1.3 Billion With US Financiers, Secret Records Show (USA, English)
- [BBC News Arabic] Israeli settlers’ Chelsea boss backer (United Kingdom, English)
- [BBC News] FinCEN Files: Roman Abramovich had secret stakes in rival players (United Kingdom, English)
- [Re:Baltica] The Unknown Bank Which Serviced One of the World’s Richest Men (Latvia, English)
Paradise Papers
- [NY Times] How Western Firms Quietly Enabled Russian Oligarchs (USA, English)
- [New Yorker] Turning the Focus on America’s Oligarchs (USA, English)
- [profil] Oleg Deripaska und Siegfried Wolf: Der große und der kleine Oligarch (Austria, German)
- [Meduza] Meet the Russians in the ‘Paradise Papers’ (Russia, English)
- [OCCRP] Paradise Papers: Roman Abramovich (English)
- [Novaya Gazeta] Золото партитуры (Russia, Russian)
Panama Papers
- [Yle] Kuutt epäillään venäläisen helikopterin huoltamisesta salaa Suomessa – MOT:n
selvityksen perusteella kopterin omistaa Gennadi Timtšenko (Finland, Finnish)” - [Yle] Finskt bolag servade oligarken Timtjenkos helikopter i hemlighet – sex finländare misstänks nu för grova tullredovisningsbrott (Finland, Swedish)
- [Yle] Putinin ystävien salainen rahakätkö (Finland, Finnish)
- [L’Espresso] I tesori segreti del clan Putin: miliardi a parenti, amici, amanti e spie del Kgb (Italy, Italian)
- [Infobae] Dónde esconden sus fortunas los oligarcas rusos y el círculo rojo de Putin alcanzados por las sanciones (Argentina, Spanish)
- [L’Espresso] ViIle, alberghi, locali storici: il tesoro italiano degli oligarchi di Putin. Nascosto in società anonime (Italy, Italian)
- [OCCRP] Russia: How to Structure a Deal, Russian Style (Russia, English)
- [The Guardian] Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin (United Kingdom, English)
