Welcome to Investigative Stories from Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent's newsletter that walks you through the most prominent investigations of the past week. If you are fond of in-depth journalism that exposes war crimes, corruption, and abuse of power across state organizations in Ukraine and beyond, subscribe to our investigative newsletter. Kirill Popov, the first deputy head of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service's Moscow branch, is likely to have overseen the work of the Olenivka camp for prisoners of war, located in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, according to the latest investigative documentary by the Kyiv Independent.
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The wife of a Russian ministry official, an interpreter for Vladimir Putin, and a former diplomat whom Western intelligence suspects of spy links: These are the Russians whose employment by the OSCE has raised concerns amid what critics call Kremlin efforts to paralyze the European security body.
An investigation by Radio Liberty has found that a number of prominent figures in the Russian elite hold positions of authority within the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that could be exploited to gather intelligence and sway the organisation's decisions in favour of the Kremlin.
CNBC correspondent Hadley Gamble, 41, was once accused of flirting to distract Vladimir Putin. Now, she is involved in an affair that led to NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell s ouster.