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Inset: Olga and Dmitry Savelyev." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >August 17, 2024</span> <a href="/a/russia-uk-mansion-murder-plot/33081449.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Russian Murder-Plot Suspect's Family Lives In 'Spectacular' British Mansion, Investigation Concludes"> Russian Murder-Plot Suspect's Family Lives In 'Spectacular' British Mansion, Investigation Concludes </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Systema traced Instagram posts by Olga Savelyeva, wife of Russian legislator Dmitry Savelyev, recently detained on suspicion of ordering a contract killing, to a multimillion-dollar mansion in the U.K.’s Wentworth Estate, a former home to Elton John and Augusto Pinochet.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/putin-italian-architect-lanfranco-cirillo-dacha-crimea/33077972.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Dachas And Debts: How The Italian Designer Of 'Putin's Palace' Is Linked To Contentious Kremlin Residence In Crimea"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-cb52-08dcbb51678e_w100_r1.jpg" alt=" " /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-c0a8-0242-cb52-08dcbb51678e_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt=" " class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >August 14, 2024</span> <a href="/a/putin-italian-architect-lanfranco-cirillo-dacha-crimea/33077972.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Dachas And Debts: How The Italian Designer Of 'Putin's Palace' Is Linked To Contentious Kremlin Residence In Crimea"> Dachas And Debts: How The Italian Designer Of 'Putin's Palace' Is Linked To Contentious Kremlin Residence In Crimea </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Known as “Putin’s Architect” for designing a lavish, estate linked to the Russian president, Italian businessman Lanfranco Cirillo was also involved in the renovation of a second leisure property for Putin that triggered a tax raid over millions of dollars, an RFE/RL investigation has found. </p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/russia-putin-patrushev-successor-corruption/33058101.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="The Dealings Of Dmitry Patrushev, A Star Of Russia's 'New Nobility' And A Possible Putin Successor"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-be4b-08dcad68fdc2_w100_r1.jpg" alt="Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev presses the flesh at a government meeting on energy in Moscow on July 2." /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-be4b-08dcad68fdc2_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev presses the flesh at a government meeting on energy in Moscow on July 2." class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >August 05, 2024</span> <a href="/a/russia-putin-patrushev-successor-corruption/33058101.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="The Dealings Of Dmitry Patrushev, A Star Of Russia's 'New Nobility' And A Possible Putin Successor"> The Dealings Of Dmitry Patrushev, A Star Of Russia's 'New Nobility' And A Possible Putin Successor </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Dmitry Patrushev, the 46-year-old son of one of Vladimir Putin’s closest confidants, is seen as a possible successor to the Russian president. RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit examines some of his dealings, including an investment in a country known as a hub for drug shipments heading to Europe.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/russia-central-asia-fleeing-war-europe-refuge/33034093.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Fleeing War: 3 Men Who Escaped Russia And Sought Refuge In Europe"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-284e-08dc9a927d15_w100_r1.png" alt=" " /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-284e-08dc9a927d15_w66_r1.png" src="" alt=" " class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >July 12, 2024</span> <a href="/a/russia-central-asia-fleeing-war-europe-refuge/33034093.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Fleeing War: 3 Men Who Escaped Russia And Sought Refuge In Europe"> Fleeing War: 3 Men Who Escaped Russia And Sought Refuge In Europe </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Many Russians and Central Asians with Russian passports are desperate to escape Russia to avoid having to fight in the Ukraine war. 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Their success varies.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/putin-relative-nagorny-novatek-murmansk-lng-mikhelson/32950259.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Russian Gas Tycoon Hires Putin's Daughter's Beau For Murmansk LNG Project"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-3821-08dc749d7f14_w100_r1.jpg" alt=" " /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-3821-08dc749d7f14_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt=" " class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >May 16, 2024</span> <a href="/a/putin-relative-nagorny-novatek-murmansk-lng-mikhelson/32950259.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Russian Gas Tycoon Hires Putin's Daughter's Beau For Murmansk LNG Project"> Russian Gas Tycoon Hires Putin's Daughter's Beau For Murmansk LNG Project </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Russian President Vladimir Putin’s children and their spouses have long benefitted from access to state contracts and the wealth of his friends. Now the romantic partner of his elder daughter has been tapped for a key role in a Russian billionaire's liquified-natural-gas projects.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/russia-mobilization-ukraine-stealth-recruiting/32948631.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Inside Russia's Improvised System For Mobilizing Men For The Ukraine War: An RFE/RL Investigation"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.rferl.org/9e667b7a-1fc9-4672-bc10-8fb30a345c29_cx0_cy9_cw0_w100_r1.jpg" alt="Russia officials have used creative ways to avoid calling a new round of mobilization. (file photo)" /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.rferl.org/9e667b7a-1fc9-4672-bc10-8fb30a345c29_cx0_cy9_cw0_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="Russia officials have used creative ways to avoid calling a new round of mobilization. (file photo)" class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >May 15, 2024</span> <a href="/a/russia-mobilization-ukraine-stealth-recruiting/32948631.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Inside Russia's Improvised System For Mobilizing Men For The Ukraine War: An RFE/RL Investigation"> Inside Russia's Improvised System For Mobilizing Men For The Ukraine War: An RFE/RL Investigation </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">The Kremlin and Russia’s Defense Ministry have gone out of their way to avoid a new mobilization to bolster troop levels for the war in Ukraine amid heavy losses. The result is an inventive web of ways to quietly recruit soldiers to send to the front lines.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/russia-lgbt-conversion-therapy/32858475.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="What Happens In LGBT 'Conversion Therapy' In Russia"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-e47f-08dc4291db8e_w100_r1.jpg" alt="GRAB - What Happens In LGBT Conversion Therapy In Russia" /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-e47f-08dc4291db8e_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="GRAB - What Happens In LGBT Conversion Therapy In Russia" class=""/> </div> <span class="ico ico-video ico--media-type"></span> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >March 12, 2024</span> <a href="/a/russia-lgbt-conversion-therapy/32858475.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="What Happens In LGBT 'Conversion Therapy' In Russia"> What Happens In LGBT 'Conversion Therapy' In Russia </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Russians who underwent LGBT conversion therapy in Russia have told RFE/RL about brutal treatment they experienced, amid an ongoing crackdown on sexual minorities in the country. The interviews were recorded before the Russian authorities designated RFE/RL an "undesirable organization."</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/russia-ultranationalists-panic-ukraine-invasion/32833769.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Crosses For Chaos: How Russian Ultranationalists Used 'Missile Markers' To Sow Panic In Ukraine As Russia Invaded"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-5766-08dc33649778_w100_r1.jpg" alt="(illustrative image)" /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0a00-0242-5766-08dc33649778_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="(illustrative image)" class=""/> </div> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >February 24, 2024</span> <a href="/a/russia-ultranationalists-panic-ukraine-invasion/32833769.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Crosses For Chaos: How Russian Ultranationalists Used 'Missile Markers' To Sow Panic In Ukraine As Russia Invaded"> Crosses For Chaos: How Russian Ultranationalists Used 'Missile Markers' To Sow Panic In Ukraine As Russia Invaded </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">A Russian ultranationalist’s digital campaign for “chaos” in Ukraine may explain the photos of mysterious crosses on roads, rooftops, and other locations -- described as missile markers -- that appeared on Ukrainian social media as Russian soldiers stormed toward Kyiv in February 2022.</p> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-12 fui-grid__inner"> <div class="media-block "> <a href="/a/russia-navalny-prison-doctors-body/32824797.html" class="img-wrap img-wrap--t-spac img-wrap--size-3 img-wrap--float img-wrap--xs" title="Exclusive: Inmates Repeatedly Denied Medical Care At Navalny Prison, Documents Reveal"> <div class="thumb thumb16_9"> <noscript class="nojs-img"> <img src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f829-08dc309e791a_w100_r1.jpg" alt="GRAB Kharp Prison" /> </noscript> <img data-src="https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-f829-08dc309e791a_w66_r1.jpg" src="" alt="GRAB Kharp Prison" class=""/> </div> <span class="ico ico-video ico--media-type"></span> </a> <div class="media-block__content media-block__content--h media-block__content--h-xs"> <span class="date date--mb date--size-3" >February 18, 2024</span> <a href="/a/russia-navalny-prison-doctors-body/32824797.html"> <h4 class="media-block__title media-block__title--size-3" title="Exclusive: Inmates Repeatedly Denied Medical Care At Navalny Prison, Documents Reveal"> Exclusive: Inmates Repeatedly Denied Medical Care At Navalny Prison, Documents Reveal </h4> <p class="perex perex--mb perex--size-3">Court documents examined by RFE/RL reveal that medical care was repeatedly denied to inmates at the prison where Aleksei Navalny was held. 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