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May 16, 2024
Dubai Unlocked: Ukrainians With Secret Investments

RFE/RL has discovered that senior current and former Ukrainian officials have luxury investments in the United Arab Emirates, after trawling through records revealed in the Dubai Unlocked property information leak. Most of them denied knowledge of Dubai real estate.

May 14, 2024
Dubai Unlocked: How Yanukovych-Era Ukrainian Officials Poured Millions Into Secretive U.A.E. Real Estate

A minister enmeshed in corruption scandals, pro-Russian lawmakers, judges, and prosecutors: These are the former Ukrainian officials whose opaque ownership of U.A.E. property is revealed in the new #DubaiUnlocked investigation by RFE/RL's Schemes and dozens of media partners across the globe.
May 11, 2024
How Russia's Warplanes Get Their 'Brain Power' From The West, Despite Sanctions

Products from major Japanese, U.S., and Taiwanese manufacturers are prominent on a list of over 2,000 electronic components Russia has used in several of the Sukhoi warplanes it has deployed in its invasion of Ukraine, Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, has found.
March 13, 2024
Belarusian Vacation Camps For Ukrainian Children More About Reeducation Than Recuperation

Belarus's vacations for children from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine promise fun without the dangers of war -- but there's plenty of propaganda promoting the views of the Kremlin and the Belarusian state. The trips sparked Western sanctions for what a recent study called "systematic deportation."
March 04, 2024
Named And Shamed: The Russian Troops Laying Banned Land Mines In Ukraine

A new report by Schemes, the investigations unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, reveals the names and identities of Russian soldiers responsible for laying antipersonnel mines in Ukraine. The mines are banned under an international agreement, which Ukraine is party to but Russia is not.
February 08, 2024
China's Hikvision, Dahua Security Cameras Heighten Risks Of Russian Attacks On Ukraine

Testing of Hikvision and Dahua CCTV cameras indicated that certain models are vulnerable to hacking and, in some cases, transmit information to servers controlled by companies fully or partly owned by the Chinese government. That poses a risk of data transfers to Moscow, experts say.
December 26, 2023
Investigation: CCTV System Could Give Moscow A Prying Eye On Ukraine

Whether monitoring a street corner, a shop, or a nuclear power plant, a Russian video-surveillance system that is in place at locations across Ukraine, can transmit data to Moscow servers owned by big Russian corporations, the investigative unit of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service has found.
December 19, 2023
Ukraine's 'Home Depot' Reborn In Russian-Occupied Donetsk Despite Ban

Tax data shows that shopping-center firm Epitsentr K, a Ukrainian military donor, for years paid a manager who cultivated close ties with the pro-Russian forces in the occupied part of the Donetsk region while managing a firm nearly identical to Epitsentr K, Schemes has found.
November 27, 2023
Ukraine's Press Restrictions: Protecting Journalists Or The Government?

Only one state-controlled media outlet has been able to report from inside Ukraine’s parliament since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion. The government cites the risk of Russian strikes and other possible security threats to justify the ban, but critics worry that censorship is the real objective.
November 01, 2023
Satellite Images Suggest Russia Is Ramping Up Production Capacity For Its War Against Ukraine

An analysis of satellite images by Schemes, RFE/RL's Ukrainian investigative unit, indicates that Russia is actively building up its production capacity for military equipment and developing new factories as it continues to reorient its economy toward its war against Ukraine.
October 24, 2023
Redut: The Fake PMC Feeding Recruits Into The Kremlin's War Against Ukraine

A purported private military company called Redut is in reality a recruitment system for combat units that is coordinated and funded by Russia's armed forces and their intelligence agency, the GRU, RFE/RL investigative units Schemes and Systema have found.
October 13, 2023
Ukrainian Election Official Waits Out War Abroad, Investigation Finds

A Schemes investigation revealed that a Central Election Commission member has been living and working outside of Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, with evidence pointing to the U.S. state of Florida.

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About Schemes

Schemes (Skhemy) is an award-winning investigative news project run by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service that focuses on exposing high-level corruption. It was created in the wake of the 2014 Maidan Revolution.

Schemes: Investigating Ukraine

Thursday 16 May 2024

Dubai Unlocked: Ukrainians With Secret Investments

Dubai Unlocked: How Yanukovych-Era Ukrainian Officials Poured Millions Into Secretive U.A.E. Real Estate

How Russia's Warplanes Get Their 'Brain Power' From The West, Despite Sanctions

Belarusian Vacation Camps For Ukrainian Children More About Reeducation Than Recuperation

Named And Shamed: The Russian Troops Laying Banned Land Mines In Ukraine

China's Hikvision, Dahua Security Cameras Heighten Risks Of Russian Attacks On Ukraine

Investigation: CCTV System Could Give Moscow A Prying Eye On Ukraine

Ukraine's 'Home Depot' Reborn In Russian-Occupied Donetsk Despite Ban

Ukraine's Press Restrictions: Protecting Journalists Or The Government?

Satellite Images Suggest Russia Is Ramping Up Production Capacity For Its War Against Ukraine

Redut: The Fake PMC Feeding Recruits Into The Kremlin's War Against Ukraine

Ukrainian Election Official Waits Out War Abroad, Investigation Finds

About Schemes

Top Trending Ukraine

In Russia's War Economy, The Warning Lights Are Blinking

U.S. Reportedly Allows Ukraine To Strike Russia With Long-Range Weapons

RFE/RL Reveals Chilling New Details Of Bucha Massacre As Ukraine Marks 1,000 Days Of War

Putin Says Russia Fired New Intermediate Missile At Ukraine After ICBM Accusations

Could U.S. Long-Range Missiles Tip The Balance In The Ukraine War?

Ukraine Live Briefing: Kyiv Says Moscow Used ICBM

A Blood-Red Stripe: Russian Opposition's Anti-War Rally Shadowed In Advance By Controversy Over Flag

Russian Forces Reportedly Start All-Out Assault On Key Ukrainian City Of Kupyansk

Putin Not Interested In Negotiations, Only In Ending His Own Isolation, Zelenskiy Says

Russia Says Ukraine Used ATACMS Against Military Target In Bryansk

Latest Posts

How Ukraine Lost $24 Million: Sanctioned Businessman's Assets Go To Private Buyers

RFE/RL Uncovers $1 Million Dubai Property In Ukrainian Lawmaker's Family

Official In Ukrainian President's Office Was Frequent Flier To Russia, Investigation Finds

Threatening E-Mails Sent To Ukrainian Organizations After RFE/RL Investigation

Leaked Records Detail Vast Russian Influence Campaign Targeting Ukraine, EU

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Schemes: Investigating Ukraine

Thursday 16 May 2024

Dubai Unlocked: Ukrainians With Secret Investments

Dubai Unlocked: How Yanukovych-Era Ukrainian Officials Poured Millions Into Secretive U.A.E. Real Estate

How Russia's Warplanes Get Their 'Brain Power' From The West, Despite Sanctions

Belarusian Vacation Camps For Ukrainian Children More About Reeducation Than Recuperation

Named And Shamed: The Russian Troops Laying Banned Land Mines In Ukraine

China's Hikvision, Dahua Security Cameras Heighten Risks Of Russian Attacks On Ukraine

Investigation: CCTV System Could Give Moscow A Prying Eye On Ukraine

Ukraine's 'Home Depot' Reborn In Russian-Occupied Donetsk Despite Ban

Ukraine's Press Restrictions: Protecting Journalists Or The Government?

Satellite Images Suggest Russia Is Ramping Up Production Capacity For Its War Against Ukraine

Redut: The Fake PMC Feeding Recruits Into The Kremlin's War Against Ukraine

Ukrainian Election Official Waits Out War Abroad, Investigation Finds

About Schemes

Top Trending Ukraine

In Russia's War Economy, The Warning Lights Are Blinking

U.S. Reportedly Allows Ukraine To Strike Russia With Long-Range Weapons

RFE/RL Reveals Chilling New Details Of Bucha Massacre As Ukraine Marks 1,000 Days Of War

Putin Says Russia Fired New Intermediate Missile At Ukraine After ICBM Accusations

Could U.S. Long-Range Missiles Tip The Balance In The Ukraine War?

Ukraine Live Briefing: Kyiv Says Moscow Used ICBM

A Blood-Red Stripe: Russian Opposition's Anti-War Rally Shadowed In Advance By Controversy Over Flag

Russian Forces Reportedly Start All-Out Assault On Key Ukrainian City Of Kupyansk

Putin Not Interested In Negotiations, Only In Ending His Own Isolation, Zelenskiy Says

Russia Says Ukraine Used ATACMS Against Military Target In Bryansk

Latest Posts

How Ukraine Lost $24 Million: Sanctioned Businessman's Assets Go To Private Buyers

RFE/RL Uncovers $1 Million Dubai Property In Ukrainian Lawmaker's Family

Official In Ukrainian President's Office Was Frequent Flier To Russia, Investigation Finds

Threatening E-Mails Sent To Ukrainian Organizations After RFE/RL Investigation

Leaked Records Detail Vast Russian Influence Campaign Targeting Ukraine, EU