Exclusive: Russian state project helped fund ‘Putin’s palace’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A grand estate on the Black Sea, allegedly built for Russian President Vladimir Putin, was partly funded by taxpayer money from a $1 billion hospital project, a...
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How Russian money flowed through banks in Europe
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Putin associates, Nikolai Shamalov and Dmitry Gorelov, struck lucrative deals to supply medical scanners and other gear for Russia's state health program. Some of the proceeds...
Special Report: Billion-dollar medical project helped fund ‘Putin’s palace’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - In 2005, President Vladimir Putin personally ordered up a vast program to improve Russia's poor healthcare facilities. Five years later, authorities found that suppliers were charging some...
In Ukraine, nationalists gain influence – and scrutiny
(This March 7 story was corrected in paragraph three to make clear that Dmytro Yarosh was proposed as a Ukraine security council member, but not appointed.) KIEV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When...
In Ukraine, nationalists gain influence – and scrutiny
KIEV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When protest leaders in Ukraine helped oust a president widely seen as corrupt, they became heroes of the barricades. But as they take places in the country's...
The day Ukraine’s ‘Maidan’ lost control
KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) - A World War Two movie set in Crimea was playing on a giant screen in Kiev's Independence Square on Saturday when a politician stepped on the...
Ukraine leader’s son ran major business empire
KIEV (Reuters) - On a street in ousted President Yanukovich's political stronghold, Donetsk, stands the imposing headquarters of the Mako Group, a Ukrainian banking-to-construction conglomerate. The 20-storey block is modern...
Son of Ukraine’s ex-president says Swiss bank freeze will hit coal exports
KIEV (Reuters) - Switzerland's freezing of bank accounts linked to the family of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich could reduce coal exports from Ukraine, a company owned by his son...
Ukraine to seek international help to trace Yanukovich accounts, assets
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine will urgently contact international organizations with an official request to help trace bank accounts and assets controlled by ousted President Viktor Yanukovich and his allies, the...
Special Report: Greece’s triangle of power
ATHENS (Reuters) - In late 2011 the Greek finance minister made an impassioned plea for help to rescue his country from financial ruin. "We need a national collective effort: all...