Simon Shuster

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Is Ukraine’s Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Kremlin Propaganda?

On a breezy afternoon last spring, the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman took me on a tour of a public park near the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, along with a team of aides,...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv September 29, 2021

The World's Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies

About a decade ago, when his mansion in upstate New York started feeling too cramped for all his grandkids, Jules Kroll, the world’s most famous private detective, set out to build a bigger one on...

By Simon Shuster September 10, 2021

Erik Prince's $10B Plan to Create a Private Army in Ukraine

On the second night of his visit to Kyiv, Erik Prince had a dinner date on his agenda. A few of his Ukrainian associates had arranged to meet the American billionaire at the Vodka Grill...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv July 7, 2021

Exclusive: How an Accused Russian Agent Worked With Rudy Giuliani in a Plot Against the 2020 Election

The accused Kremlin agent was not hard to find. It only took a few days of pestering him for a meeting in early April before his answer arrived via encrypted message, beneath a profile picture...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv May 28, 2021

Witnesses: Investigators Focused On Giuliani's Oligarch Ties

By the time federal investigators searched the Manhattan home of Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, they had amassed a trove of evidence from his associates in Ukraine, focusing most intently on Giuliani’s ties to Ukrainian oligarchs,...

By Simon Shuster April 29, 2021

Ukraine's President on Why Russia Sent Troops to the Border

“They want us to be afraid,” Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, says as his plane starts to descend, bringing him home from a trip to the war zone near his country’s border with Russia....

By Simon Shuster / Shumy, Ukraine April 12, 2021

The Russian 'Information Warrior' Seeking to Discredit COVID-19 Vaccines

The Biden Administration issued an open threat on March 8 to several Russian media outlets. Over the last few months, the U.S. had been monitoring their campaign of “disinformation” about COVID-19 vaccines, and it now...

By Simon Shuster March 21, 2021

Fake Vaccines Are 'Liquid Gold' In Pandemic Crime Wave Worth Billions, Says Interpol

As governments rush to vaccinate their citizens against COVID-19, organized crime groups are seeking to exploit weaknesses in the global vaccine supply chain, fueling a “parallel pandemic of crime” that has generated billions of dollars...

By Simon Shuster March 12, 2021

Interpol Breaks Up Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Smuggling Ring

The international police agency says smuggling ring brought counterfeit shots from China to South Africa

By Simon Shuster March 3, 2021

N.Y. Says Medical Staff 'Must' Be Vaccinated Before Elderly

The state of New York has warned hospitals that they cannot start giving COVID-19 vaccines to elderly people until they finish vaccinating hospital staff members, according to an email sent to hospitals across the state...

By Simon Shuster February 11, 2021
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