Timur Ivanov, Russia's former deputy defense minister facing corruption charges, stands in the defendant's cage before a hearing, in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

In Russia's system, even high-ranking officials aren't safe from internal purges. "Just recall the case of Timur Ivanov, Russia's deputy defense minister," Stupak said.

Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses.

A former Defense Ministry envoy and a regional vice-governor are the latest officials to fall in a widening crackdown on corruption and abuse of power in Russia.

In July alone, Andrei Badalov, the vice-president of state-owned pipeline company Transneft, fell to his death from a balcony ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s former deputy defense minister was convicted on Tuesday on charges of embezzlement and money laundering and handed a 13-year prison sentence in a high-profile case that ...

In Russia's system, even high-ranking officials aren't safe from internal purges. "Just recall the case ofTimur Ivanov, Russia's deputy defense minister," Stupak said. "He's a Hero of Russia. Yet he ...

The grueling war in Ukraine has upended the delicate balance of power in Russia as the Kremlin desperately tries to support ...

In Putin’s Russia, dissent is silenced. Yet pro-war "Z" bloggers and influencers insult and lambast military failures constantly, and go unpunished. The state tolerates them because without these ...

About this, Charter97.org spoke with SBU Major General in Reserve Viktor Yagun: ...

A look into the alleged corruption crackdown within the Russian government and military leadership under Putin, and its impact on the war in Ukraine and the economy.