As The Insider was able to establish, the synthesis of epibatidine (the poison that killed Alexei Navalny) was carried out by employees of the Signal Scientific Center, and some components that could be used for the synthesis of this poison were imported into Russia by ABCR Chemi Rus LLC, whose managers were found in calls from Signal employees. ABCR Chemi Rus LLC is 90% owned by the German company abcr GmbH.

As The Insider previously established, it was Russia’s Signal Scientific Center that had carried out the synthesis of the epibatidine poison that was used to kill Alexei Navalny. Some of the substances identical to those that may have been used for its synthesis, were imported into Russia by ABCR Chemi Rus LLC, whose managers appeared in the phone records of Signal employees.

Photo: Ali Najafi / ISNA / AFP via Getty Images Investigations Timur Olevsky 5 March 2026 On Feb. 28, during an operation by the U.S.-Israeli coalition in Iran, an explosion destroyed a school in the city of Minab (Hormozgan province). As of Mar. 4, this remains the first incident in the course of the military operation involving large-scale civilian casualties. What exactly happened remains unclear, but Iranian officials say the school was destroyed in a missile strike that killed 168 people.

Photo: Ali Najafi/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images Investigations Timur Olevsky March 5, 2026 On February 28, during the operation of the American-Israeli coalition in Iran, a school in the city of Minab (Hormozgan province) was destroyed . As of March 4, this was the first incident of large-scale civilian casualties in this military operation. It is unclear exactly what happened, but Iranian officials say the school was destroyed by a missile attack that killed 168 people.

On Feb. 28, during an operation by the U.S.-Israeli coalition in Iran, an explosion destroyed a school in the city of Minab (Hormozgan province). As of Mar. 4, this remains the first incident in the course of the military operation involving large-scale civilian casualties. What exactly happened remains unclear, but Iranian officials say the school was destroyed in a missile strike that killed 168 people.

In late 2023, the first reports emerged that Ukraine had shot down a Shahed-238 drone equipped with a jet engine. As The Insider later discovered, Russia has purchased American-inspired, Chinese-made Swiwin engines for use in such drones.

"Shahed-238". Photo: Iranian Ministry of Defense Investigations Andrey Zayakin , Timur Olevsky 30 October 2025 At the beginning of 2024, it became known that the Shahed-238 drone with a jet engine was shot down for the first time in Ukraine. As The Insider found out, Russia subsequently purchased Swiwin engines for these drones, assembled in China using American technology.

Shahed-238. Photo: Iranian Ministry of Defense Investigations Timur Olevsky , Andrey Zayakin 30 October 2025 In late 2023, the first reports emerged that Ukraine had shot down a Shahed-238 drone equipped with a jet engine. As The Insider later discovered, Russia has purchased American-inspired, Chinese-made Swiwin engines for use in such drones.

Billionaire Vladimir Plakhotnyuk, arrested in Greece in the case of the Moldavian Landromate, regularly visited Moscow with a passport for a false name, this is evidenced by the data of flights and copies of documents available to The Insider. Judging by the data of wiretaps, with Plakhotnyuk, since June 2024, negotiations between the deputy head of the AP Dmitry Kozak were negotiating - the Kremlin hoped to enlist the support of the richest man of Moldova on the eve of the elections.

Billionaire Vladimir Plahotniuc, who was recently arrested in Greece in connection with the “Moldovan laundromat” case, regularly visited Moscow using a passport that bears a false name, flight records and copies of documents that are available to The Insider show.

Another challenging task is dealing with enemy devices that use frequency hopping . In order to jam these devices, one must understand how the enemy transmitter’s frequency changes so that its behavior can be replicated. This requires creating a nearly identical signal. Aviation EW systems also rely on high-precision equipment to protect aircraft from radar detection.

POLITICS Andrey Zayakin , Timur Olevsky 4 October 2024 High-end American, German, and Swiss spectrum analyzers and signal generators, which can be used for developing and fine-tuning radio-electronic intelligence and warfare devices, continued to be freely supplied to Russia even after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The Insider has discovered. Electronic warfare (EW) equipment is a critical component in Russia’s ongoing war.

Politics Andrey Zazakin , Timur Olevsky 3 October 2024 High -class American, German and Swiss spectrum analyzers and signal generators, which can be used to develop and configure electronic intelligence and struggle devices, are freely delivered to Russia after the start of a full -scale war, The Insider found out. RB devices are an absolutely indispensable element in the war with Ukraine.

When Russia arrested Alexei Navalny’s defense attorneys and a Crimean lawyer who represented Ukrainian prisoners of war and jailed Russian oppositionists in mid-October, some of their colleagues protested by going on strike on October 25-28. Meanwhile, the government suggested disbarring lawyers who leave the country. For many Russian lawyers, this could mean a ban on legal practice.

SOCIETY The devil and the advocate: Rationale behind Kremlin's crackdown on attorneys and new game rules Timur Olevsky , Evgenia Tamarchenko 3 November 2023 When Russia arrested Alexei Navalny’s defense attorneys and a Crimean lawyer who represented Ukrainian prisoners of war and jailed Russian oppositionists in mid-October, some of their colleagues protested by going on strike on October 25-28. Meanwhile, the government suggested disbarring lawyers who leave the country.