The Unknown Oligarch
In the nineties he was being hounded by irate depositors and the Prosecutor’s Office and was even forced to leave Latvia, but he still returned and created a media empire, which has an audience of millions in the Baltics. The…
Soft Power – Russia’s Instrument of Influence
“Russia uses its compatriots’ policy as a way of exerting soft power on neighboring countries. In order to reach as wide a group as possible, Russian policy-makers developed the concept of the “Russian World” – already in 2010 researcher Andris…
Spreading Democracy in Latvia, Kremlin Style
Why won’t Putin’s Russkiy Mir foundation disclose its non-profit activities in the Baltics?
Moscow’s Spin Machine in Estonia
Many Estonians view the philanthropy of the Russian state in their country as a deliberate effort to gain influence by creating ethnic divisions.
Divide and Conquer in Estonia
The fight against partial instruction in Estonian in Russian-speaking high schools started with money from Kremlin.
Moscow, We Have a Problem in Lithuania
Why are non-profits financed by the Russkiy Mir foundation refusing to disclose its donors?
Who received the money?
List of the Baltic organizations whose projects were approved by Russkiy Mir since 2008. These are organizations which we were able to find on foundation’s website. To read the list, press here – Who received the money?
Russian Laundering Machine
Nomirex Trading Ltd. is part of an international money laundering platform used by several major criminals. Nomirex had bank account in Riga’s Trasta Komercbank in Latvia.
The Phantom Accounts
In 2008, a Romanian who felt cheated by three Moldovan businessmen filed a civil case in an obscure courthouse in the capital of the tiny Republic of Moldova, in effect asking the authorities for help against a phantom offshore company…