In 2020, Important Stories became Russia's only partner in Project Cassandra (organized by ICIJ and BuzzFeed News), an investigation into the largest leak of classified financial documents in US history, worth more than $2 trillion. Under this case we will combine our publications on Project Cassandra and other major international money laundering cases.

Photo: Anushki Tony page on Instagram Tony and son As the son of the top manager of Russian Railways, by the age of thirty, he became a major international talent Luxembourg business At the end of 2020, the journalists of the French newspaper Le Monde, the Center for the Study of Corruption and Organizational Crime (OCCRP) and “important stories” gained access to documents about the real owners of all companies registered in Luxembourg.

Photo: Spudgun67 / Wikimedia Commons Gazprom employees conquer Europe Where did the former top managers of Gazprom get billions of rubles for real estate in London and the Cote d'Azur? In 2014, former Gazprom top manager Andrei Goncharenko made a splash in the UK by purchasing one of the most expensive houses in London. The Hanover Lodge townhouse, according to the British tabloid Daily Mail, cost him 120 million pounds sterling (more than 7.5 billion rubles).

Photo: Romain Decker/Flickr The little duchy has revealed big secrets. Who hid billions in Luxembourg Journalists gained access to millions of documents about the beneficiaries of Luxembourg companies. Among them are thousands of Russians: large businessmen, people from state-owned companies and other interesting people. Important Stories took part in a joint investigation with Le Monde and other European media. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small but rich European state.

Photo: Spudgun67 / Wikimedia Commons Gazprom’s conquer Europe Where did the former Gazprom top managers come from billions of rubles for real estate in London and on the Cote d'Azur Luxembourg business In 2014, the former Gazprom top manager Andrei Goncharenko produced a splash in the UK, bought one of the most expensive houses in London. Townhaus Hanover Lodge, according to the Daily Mail British tabloid, cost him 120 million pounds (more than 7.5 billion rubles).

Photo: Anushka Tony's Instagram page Tony and son How the son of a top manager of Russian Railways became a major international rentier by the age of thirty Luxembourg case At the end of 2020, journalists from the French newspaper Le Monde, the Center for the Study of Corruption and Organized Crime (OCCRP) and Important Stories received access to documents about the real owners of all companies registered in Luxembourg.

The Great Duchy of Luxembourg is a small but rich European state. So many investment companies, banks and funds are registered there that about two companies account for each resident of the Luxembourg capital. The secret is simple - low tax rates and anonymity for a long time attracted money from around the world. In 2017–2019, only 850 billion rubles were transferred from Russia to Luxembourg, the Russian Ministry of Finance calculated .

Photo: Administration of the President of the Russian Federation Dancer for Rosneft Who got the stake in Italian tire giant Pirelli purchased for the state oil company and what does choreography have to do with it? In 2014, state-controlled Rosneft bought a stake in the Italian tire giant Pirelli. It was not only an economic but also a political event. The cooperation agreement with Pirelli was ceremoniously signed at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum in the presence of Vladimir Putin.

Photo: Administration of the President of the Russian Federation The dancer is not for Rosneft At this point there was an investigation into the purchase of a stake in Pirelli for the structure created by Rosneft. The court ordered us to remove it. We do not agree with this decision.