Russian Service for Supervision of Communications (Roskomnadzor) has demanded from Apple and Google to remove the @istories_eng mobile app from their stores. Apple itself informed the editorial team about Roskomnadzor’s demands, while the notification for Google was found in the Lumen database.
Important Stories (iStories) is one of Russia’s leading independent investigative media and an OCCRP member center. They launched their mobile app in February 2026 to share their work despite widespread censorship and blockages. It works in Russia without VPN.
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This is ridiculous. Roskomnadzor, the Russian censorship agency is asking Apple and Google to remove the IStories app from their stores because it “destabilizing the socio-political situation in the Russian Federation,” doublespeak for telling the truth.
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It’s been a year since the dismantling of USAID. In a deep dive into the fallout, #JohnOliver examines the devastating consequences: what was lost, why it happened, and who is responsible.
Among the many things USAID supported around the world was investigative journalism, including OCCRP: https://t.co/TbROutd3ma
European intelligence officers say these covert "vessel protection teams" have been deployed to deter authorities in the Baltic Sea from boarding or seizing the sanctioned ships that form an economic lifeline for Moscow’s wartime economy.
More than a dozen men linked to Russian security organizations including the Wagner Group, paratrooper units, and Russia’s foreign intelligence service, have been riding on cargo ships transporting sanctioned Russian oil through the Baltic Sea, a new investigation by @DelfiEE, @hsfi, @istories_eng, and OCCRP has found: https://t.co/9CHabSRPQA
Last year, Benz pushed an online conspiracy theory alleging OCCRP was part of a “deep state” operation working with USAID to undermine President Donald Trump during his first administration.
To understand the sheer absurdity of this claim, read our feature on how OCCRP’s journalism was pulled into the epicenter of this wild and dangerous conspiracy theory: https://t.co/yQORxqE4iE
In his latest episode on the gutting of USAID, #JohnOliver singled out far-right activist Mike Benz as a key architect pushing for the dismantling of the agency — labeling him “a chronically online lunatic” whose lies about USAID were amplified by Elon Musk.
https://t.co/TbROutd3ma
Aleksandra Subotić has been removed as CEO of United Media, reports @Raskrikavanje: https://t.co/uceSehZdv8
United Media is the media arm of United Group, a Dutch telecommunications and media conglomerate. United Group's flagship Serbian TV channel N1 has been an outlet for opposition voices amid mass anti-government protests.
In August 2025, OCCRP and @KRIKrs published a recording in which United Group CEO Stan Miller discussed plans that could weaken a broadcaster critical of the Serbian government by involving state-owned Telekom Srbija.
In the recording, Telekom Srbija CEO Vladimir Lučić told Miller that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić had asked for Subotić to be replaced.
Two men who worked with the Trump Organization hold shares in GreenMet, which signed a deal with a company ready to mine critical minerals in Greenland.
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Organized crime networks are rapidly adopting AI to supercharge their operations. OCCRP’s latest Briefing explores how AI is reshaping crime and what it means for those fighting it. Become an OCCRP member to watch in full: https://t.co/mhjeAMo41u
Today marks Anti-Corruption Day — so what better way to celebrate than giving the gift of accountability?
Donate to OCCRP today and help us do what we do best: making the world’s most powerful crooks uncomfortable.
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Ironically, their core issue was OCCRP was not transparent on their funding. Not true as the Hunter piece points out. Furthermore, @DropSiteNews lists NO DONORs even though they take them and are primarily funded by one sugar daddy. Neither are transparent.
OCCRP had warned them this would happen but instead of mitigating harm, as ethical journalists should, they arrogantly told us it would be our fault. This irresponsible and callous behavior led by a disgruntled former partner of OCCRP represents the worst journalism this year.
The most outrageous act in "investigative" journalism this year was an attack on @OCCRP by @Mediapart and @DropSiteNews. Their deeply flawed and biased story damaged numerous small investigative media across the globe. A new analysis shows how bad it was: https://t.co/EhtA44wocK
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.@OliverBullough 's opinion piece urges the U.K. to “step up where the U.S. is stepping back” in fighting corruption, including funding networks like OCCRP that do “indispensable journalistic work"
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U.S. media reported this weekend that incoming FBI Director Kash Patel was paid $25k by pro-Kremlin filmmaker Igor Lopatonok. We've been following Lopatonok for a while — check out our story on the fawning film pitches he shopped around to dictators, promising them flattering coverage of their regimes.
https://t.co/Xtn3XS4mi2