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There are 11 item(s) tagged with the keyword "fraud".

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1. Beefing About Rations

A fraudulent operation sent 170 tons of barely edible rations to Russian soldiers.

Tags: russia file, russian military, scams, fraud, meat, food
2. New Leonardos at the Hermitage?

An exhibit backed by a close associate of the Kremlin claims, erroneously, to show paintings newly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. 

Tags: fraud, kremlin, hermitage
3. "Healer" Clairvoyant Arrested for Fraud

A psychic from Kotelnikovo defrauded a client out of R67 million.

Tags: fraud, magic, superstition
4. Where the Sidewalk Ends

One Saratov blogger took to the streets demanding change... with a stroller.

Tags: infrastructure, fraud, winter, snow, Saratov
5. No Such Thing as a Free Pizza

Pizza-lovers be warned: a new scam in Russia is targeting those with a craving for cheese and pepperoni. 

Tags: food, Internet, scams, fraud, money, phishing, crime
6. Teach a Man to Phish

“Don't believe it, don't click it, don't pay!”

– Sergey Volodkhin, director of the Russian company “Antiphishing,” explaining how online scammers bait their hooks,
Tags: messenger, social media, phishing, fraud, crime
7. Flamethrowers, Video Games, and New Nobility

This week, the Russian army gets new toys; a university administrator doesn't quit while he's ahead; and Lukashenko keeps doing his thing, much to our chagrin.

Tags: corruption, fraud, lukashenko, belarus, games, Kazakhstan, military, Internet, Siberia
8. Criminal QR-Codes

Be careful what QR-codes you scan in Russia, you may be opening yourself up to fraud.

Tags: money, fraud
9. A Tour to Avoid

On the dangers of booking one's travel through a debt-strapped agency.

Tags: fraud, tourism
10. At the Demonstration

"The crowds gathered from three different directions.  Every route to the square was controlled by police and troops.  I had never seen such numbers of armed forces before; it was like a movie about civil war." Victor is a 21-year-old student in Moscow. In this guest post, he gives us a participant's account of the December 10 demonstration.

Tags: Moscow, demonstrations, democracy, voting, fraud, youth
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