January 20, 2022 2:22 pm
A Russian cybersecurity company placed on a U.S. Commerce Department export ban list for having “enabled the activities of malicious Russian cyber actors” has maintained an active U.S. presence that has attracted the scrutiny of federal investigators, a Forensic News investigation can reveal. Open Joint Stock Company Information Technology and […]
January 3, 2022 12:42 pm
If 2021 is known for anything, it should be remembered as the year with the most restrictive state legislation to date. Republican lawmakers across the country have proposed a record number of bills that limit voting rights, target LGBTQ+ people, curtail gun control, and obstruct Covid-19 prevention measures. They aren’t […]
December 20, 2021 2:36 pm
A former senior Soviet Foreign Ministry official in the U.S. filed as a Foreign Agent for a top aide to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who has been described by the U.S. Senate as a key figure in the Kremlin’s malign influence operations. The paperwork filed under the Foreign Agent Registration […]
November 19, 2021 12:33 pm
The FBI is conducting a wide-ranging criminal investigation into a Russian diaspora group, which announced on November 18th that it was shutting down operations because of federal scrutiny. The Daily Beast first reported FBI interest in The Russian Community Council of the USA (or KSORS — their Russian acronym) in […]
October 27, 2021 3:31 pm
A billion-dollar recruiting firm incorporated in Delaware wired payments to a relative and business partner of a senior Russian government official in 2013 and 2014, Forensic News can reveal after a review of leaked banking documents. Those documents, interviews with sources who worked for the company, and other business and […]
October 18, 2021 11:06 am
More than 80% of Americans say that online news paywalls prevent them from reading articles, according to a new Forensic News poll conducted with SurveyMonkey. Those surveyed also said that, on average, every other news article that they attempt to read is hidden behind a paywall. [documentcloud url=”https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21086129-paywallpoll?responsive=1&title=1″] The responses […]
September 21, 2021 11:44 am
A Russian businessman who once led the financial services of a military unit at the Leningrad Naval base funneled thousands of dollars to a Trump Super PAC and other Republican entities in 2016, Forensic News can reveal. On Monday, the Department of Justice indicted two veteran GOP operatives, Doug […]
September 9, 2021 11:05 am
A novel approach to undermining Roe v. Wade created by Texas legislators went into effect last week, prohibiting abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Unlike all other so-called “heartbeat bills,” meant to ban abortions after electrical activity that sounds like a heartbeat is detected via ultrasound, Texas Senate Bill […]
