Oleg Deripaska

Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
Veteran investigator Charlie Carr pivots towards strategic PR work

After several good years working for Central Asia's business elites, Charles Carr's research firm C and F Partners was forced into a rethink in 2024, shedding senior staff and pivoting towards communications work.

United States
FBI seeks former Deripaska employees for Shestakov trial

The bureau is interested in those familiar with the activities of EN+ and their interactions with key figures in the group owned by the Russian oligarch.

Spotlight | Russia, United Kingdom
Same contractor provided CT Group with allegedly forged records in three London High Court disputes

Treated as a star source by senior executives, a former Eastern European spy now living in Russia provided the investigations firm with bank statements, database excerpts and real estate valuations. All have been labelled forgeries in High Court litigation.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Inside Orbis, part 2: former MI6 employee's intelligence firm also probed Lords' Russia links

Investigating links with Russia's political and security apparatus is an integral part of Orbis's activities. But in addition to the now famous ‘Steele dossier' against Donald Trump, the firm also investigated big names close to ‘Londongrad' in the British parliament's upper house.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ashurst, Forward Global, SC Strategy without ex-MI6 boss, EU security in Riyadh

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonAshurst's risk analysis branch thins out

WashingtonLiza Baron leaves Mintz for Forward Global

LondonSC Strategy buys out former MI6-boss John Scarlett

BrusselsQuestions over safety of EU delegation in Riyadh

United States
Former Oleg Deripaska associate named in stolen identity and deed theft case

Olga Shriki's name has appeared in connection with firms at the heart of a perplexing case of deed theft currently being investigated by prosecutors in New York. The businesswoman is no stranger to the authorities:

Russia, United States
Oleg Deripaska's intelligence consultants seek to limit evidence of Russian links at trial

Former Soviet Diplomat Sergey Shestakov, who was charged alongside ex-FBI agent Charles McGonigal for allegedly carrying out work for Oleg Deripaska, is seeking to ensure allegations of his links to Russian intelligence don't play a role in the trial.

United Kingdom, United States
CT Group sees Russian litigation funder's hand behind legal woes

The funder of Russian litigation in London A1 is keeping watch on a court case in which CT Group is being asked to provide the source of its intelligence. The communication and investigations firm led by Lynton Crosby was asked once before to provide proof in a separate case.

Spotlight | Moldova, Russia
A Russian fixer's epic journey from post-Soviet Russia to a $1bn Moldovan investigation

Mark Garber, who for decades has worked for oligarchs in the shadows, has now been connected to firms suspected of laundering money in Moldova.

Russia, UAE
Former Alpha Group exec rewarded by the Kremlin launches asset tracking business from Dubai

Headed by the former manager of Alpha Group's A1, Andrey Elinson, the asset managing firm Inweasta is expanding its asset tracking and litigation funding activities from its base in Dubai.