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The KARTEL KHIMPROM newsroom: investigations, documentary dossiers, fact-checking and open-source research.

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Team members are presented under editorial pseudonyms.

The newsroom and its areas of work

Work on the archive brings together document research, fact-checking, dossier preparation and editing. This page introduces the team’s profiles and the subjects covered by its work.

Portrait — Alexey Vorontsov

Investigations editor

Alexey Vorontsov

Works on reporting about organised crime, corruption and financial connections. Brings scattered documents into a coherent narrative, checks the chronology and ensures that published conclusions are supported by sources.

Portrait — Marina Sokolova

Dossier and fact-checking editor

Marina Sokolova

Prepares documentary dossiers and checks information before publication. Compares names, dates and legal statuses, distinguishes established facts from source allegations and helps readers navigate complex material.

Portrait — Olena Kovalchuk

Financial fraud reporter

Olena Kovalchuk

Reports on fraudulent call centres, investment schemes and online scams. Follows the movement of money and examines documents and victims’ accounts to explain how a scheme works without unnecessary sensationalism.

Portrait — Andrii Levchenko

Open-source analyst

Andrii Levchenko

Examines company registries, court documents and digital traces. Verifies connections between people and organisations, builds event timelines and prepares research notes for investigations and the dossier archive.

Portrait — Mateusz Zaleski

Cross-border affairs reporter

Mateusz Zaleski

Investigates companies, intermediaries and business connections that extend across national borders. Works with Polish-language sources and material from Central Europe, comparing information from different registries and publications.

Portrait — Paweł Wiśniewski

Digital investigations reporter

Paweł Wiśniewski

Examines the infrastructure of online fraud: websites, domains, advertisements and connections between platforms. Explains technical findings in plain language and focuses on making each digital trace verifiable.

Portrait — Tomáš Kratochvíl

Court and corporate records reporter

Tomáš Kratochvíl

Works with court files, registration records and company histories. Tracks changes in ownership and management, helping distinguish documented connections from coincidental matches in names and addresses.

Portrait — Laurent Delacroix

International editor

Laurent Delacroix

Works on international reporting and stories about European companies. Compares sources across languages, clarifies the context of documents and helps maintain precise wording in translated investigations.

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