COMING SOON: a new @icij.org investigation with more than 20 international media partners exposes the global fight for control over a lucrative oil pipeline. #CaspianCabals #StayTuned
November 20, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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Great to see #CaspianCabals @icij.org @zdfde.bsky.social @derstandard.at @spiegel.de (&many more) featured in @gijn.org‘s „Stories of the Week“ 🎊
November 30, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Great to see #CaspianCabals @icij.org @zdfde.bsky.social @derstandard.at @spiegel.de (&many more) featured in @gijn.org‘s „Stories of the Week“ 🎊
COMING SOON: a new @icij.org investigation with more than 20 international media partners exposes the global fight for control over a lucrative oil pipeline. #CaspianCabals #StayTuned
November 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
COMING SOON: a new @icij.org investigation with more than 20 international media partners exposes the global fight for control over a lucrative oil pipeline. #CaspianCabals #StayTuned
#CaspianCabals: An ICIJ investigation with 77 journalists from 26 international media partners, reveals how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, only to be sidelined by the Kremlin.
Caspian Cabals - ICIJ
How Western oil companies bet on Kazakhstan, turned a blind eye to corruption risks — and ended up at the mercy of Vladimir Putin.
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November 22, 2024 at 11:44 PM
#CaspianCabals: An ICIJ investigation with 77 journalists from 26 international media partners, reveals how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, only to be sidelined by the Kremlin.
Die OMV förderte früher Öl in Kasachstan. Recherchen in den „Panama Papers“ führen in die Karibik, zu einem Geschäftsmann mit besten Kontakten und zu einem Firmenkonstrukt, in das Millionen flossen. #CaspianCabals @profil.at @icij.org www.profil.at/investigativ...
November 23, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Die OMV förderte früher Öl in Kasachstan. Recherchen in den „Panama Papers“ führen in die Karibik, zu einem Geschäftsmann mit besten Kontakten und zu einem Firmenkonstrukt, in das Millionen flossen. #CaspianCabals @profil.at @icij.org www.profil.at/investigativ...
COMING SOON: Wie westliche Ölunternehmen Bestechungsrisiken & Interessenkonflikte ignorierten, um sich ihren Anteil an einer wichtigen Ölpipeline zu sichern - und wie Putin bis heute davon profitiert. #CaspianCabals von @icij.org mit @spiegel.de, @derstandard.at , @zdfde.bsky.social #StayTuned
November 21, 2024 at 5:06 PM
COMING SOON: Wie westliche Ölunternehmen Bestechungsrisiken & Interessenkonflikte ignorierten, um sich ihren Anteil an einer wichtigen Ölpipeline zu sichern - und wie Putin bis heute davon profitiert. #CaspianCabals von @icij.org mit @spiegel.de, @derstandard.at , @zdfde.bsky.social #StayTuned
For a decade, the Western oil industry fought bitterly against a basic anti-corruption rule. ICIJ's #CaspianCabals shows the lengths to which some U.S. oil companies and their allies were willing to go to thwart greater transparency. Read more: https://buff.ly/4hZEV55
November 25, 2024 at 1:00 PM
For a decade, the Western oil industry fought bitterly against a basic anti-corruption rule. ICIJ's #CaspianCabals shows the lengths to which some U.S. oil companies and their allies were willing to go to thwart greater transparency. Read more: https://buff.ly/4hZEV55
#CaspianCabals, an ICIJ-led investigation with over 20 media partners, is based on tens of thousands of pages of confidential emails, oil industry records, court documents and regulatory filings and hundreds of interviews.
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November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
#CaspianCabals, an ICIJ-led investigation with over 20 media partners, is based on tens of thousands of pages of confidential emails, oil industry records, court documents and regulatory filings and hundreds of interviews.
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Learn more about these #CaspianCabals stories, and find more, in our partner stories wrap: https://bit.ly/4eXD5Pv
December 6, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Learn more about these #CaspianCabals stories, and find more, in our partner stories wrap: https://bit.ly/4eXD5Pv
ICIJ previously won the TRACE Prize for 2023’s #CyprusConfidential and the 2020 #FinCENFiles. This year, #CaspianCabals was awarded under the Investigative Reporting category.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
ICIJ previously won the TRACE Prize for 2023’s #CyprusConfidential and the 2020 #FinCENFiles. This year, #CaspianCabals was awarded under the Investigative Reporting category.
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Thrilled to share @icij.org won two 2025 EPPY Awards!
🏆 Best Business Reporting: #CaspianCabals
🏆 Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting: #ChinaTargets
These honors celebrate the strength of cross-border journalism and the people behind it. Thanks to our team, partners & supporters.
🏆 Best Business Reporting: #CaspianCabals
🏆 Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting: #ChinaTargets
These honors celebrate the strength of cross-border journalism and the people behind it. Thanks to our team, partners & supporters.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Thrilled to share @icij.org won two 2025 EPPY Awards!
🏆 Best Business Reporting: #CaspianCabals
🏆 Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting: #ChinaTargets
These honors celebrate the strength of cross-border journalism and the people behind it. Thanks to our team, partners & supporters.
🏆 Best Business Reporting: #CaspianCabals
🏆 Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting: #ChinaTargets
These honors celebrate the strength of cross-border journalism and the people behind it. Thanks to our team, partners & supporters.
Kazakh oligarch Timur Kulibayev used 15 million pounds from a firm implicated in criminal corruption to buy a home from Prince Andrew, an @BBC investigation found, drawing on documents from ICIJ’s #CaspianCabals.
Andrew was paid millions by oligarch with funds from firm linked to bribery scheme
Firm which part-funded Sunninghill Park purchase received "allegedly corrupt" payments, court documents say.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Kazakh oligarch Timur Kulibayev used 15 million pounds from a firm implicated in criminal corruption to buy a home from Prince Andrew, an @BBC investigation found, drawing on documents from ICIJ’s #CaspianCabals.
Last week, ICIJ's #CaspianCabals exposed how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline.
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We work together with investigative journalists around the globe to investigate the most important stories in the world.
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December 3, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Last week, ICIJ's #CaspianCabals exposed how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline.
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ICIJ's #CaspianCabals investigation revealed that while Western oil companies made deals with authoritarian leaders, frontline communities were left devastated or, like the village of Berezovka, uninhabitable.
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The lost village: Western oil companies enriched Kazakhstan's power brokers — and left a community in ruins - ICIJ
Ten years ago a mysterious health crisis ushered in the end of Berezovka. Former residents are still grappling with chronic illness and broken promises.
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January 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
ICIJ's #CaspianCabals investigation revealed that while Western oil companies made deals with authoritarian leaders, frontline communities were left devastated or, like the village of Berezovka, uninhabitable.
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ICIJ partner @nrcnl.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the European Press Prize’s Investigative Reporting Award for its #CaspianCabals story, "The Silent Battle Between Putin and the West Over a Crucial Oil Pipeline". Congrats to @carolahoutekamer.bsky.social and @karlijnkuijpers.bsky.social!
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April 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ICIJ partner @nrcnl.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the European Press Prize’s Investigative Reporting Award for its #CaspianCabals story, "The Silent Battle Between Putin and the West Over a Crucial Oil Pipeline". Congrats to @carolahoutekamer.bsky.social and @karlijnkuijpers.bsky.social!
Trotz EU-Sanktionen importiert Deutschland Öl, an dem der Kreml kräftig mitverdient. Die Bundesregierung verteidigt den Pipeline-Deal. Eine #CaspianCabals -Recherche von @chuppertz.bsky.social @hmnzngr.bsky.social und den fantastischen Kolleg:innen vom @icij.org www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
Trotz Sanktionen: Deutschland füllt weiter Kreml-Kriegskasse
Trotz EU-Sanktionen importiert Deutschland Öl, an dem der Kreml kräftig mitverdient. Die Bundesregierung verteidigt den Pipeline-Deal.
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November 23, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Trotz EU-Sanktionen importiert Deutschland Öl, an dem der Kreml kräftig mitverdient. Die Bundesregierung verteidigt den Pipeline-Deal. Eine #CaspianCabals -Recherche von @chuppertz.bsky.social @hmnzngr.bsky.social und den fantastischen Kolleg:innen vom @icij.org www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
ICIJ reporter Nicole Sadek was featured on The Emory Wheel for her award-winning reporting on "The Lost Village," part of the #CaspianCabals investigation, and her trajectory as an investigative reporter.
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From Georgia to Kazakhstan: Emory alumna receives Livingston Award
The Emory Wheel is the only independent, student-run newspaper of Emory University, since 1919.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
ICIJ reporter Nicole Sadek was featured on The Emory Wheel for her award-winning reporting on "The Lost Village," part of the #CaspianCabals investigation, and her trajectory as an investigative reporter.
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and our @zdfde.bsky.social piece on germany's oil imports filling the kremlin's war chest www.zdf.de/nachrichten/... #CaspianCabals
Trotz Sanktionen: Deutschland füllt weiter Kreml-Kriegskasse
Trotz EU-Sanktionen importiert Deutschland Öl, an dem der Kreml kräftig mitverdient. Die Bundesregierung verteidigt den Pipeline-Deal.
www.zdf.de
November 25, 2024 at 8:21 PM
and our @zdfde.bsky.social piece on germany's oil imports filling the kremlin's war chest www.zdf.de/nachrichten/... #CaspianCabals
ICIJ’s upcoming #CaspianCabals investigation reveals how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks, conflicts of interest and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, only to be sidelined by the Kremlin.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
November 21, 2024 at 5:02 PM
ICIJ’s upcoming #CaspianCabals investigation reveals how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks, conflicts of interest and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, only to be sidelined by the Kremlin.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
Meine Kolleg:innen @chuppertz.bsky.social @hmnzngr.bsky.social @susaamann.bsky.social @marcelrosenbach.bsky.social zeigten im Zuge der #CaspianCabals @icij.org, wie die bayerische Kleinstadt Burghausen an importiertem Öl verdient – und Russland mit www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
November 25, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Meine Kolleg:innen @chuppertz.bsky.social @hmnzngr.bsky.social @susaamann.bsky.social @marcelrosenbach.bsky.social zeigten im Zuge der #CaspianCabals @icij.org, wie die bayerische Kleinstadt Burghausen an importiertem Öl verdient – und Russland mit www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
ICIJ's #CaspianCabals revealed how Western oil giants ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, then delivered substantial control of it to the Kremlin.
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Frequently asked questions about the Caspian Cabals investigation - ICIJ
What is the Caspian pipeline? How does Russia profit from the pipeline? These questions and more, answered.
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February 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
ICIJ's #CaspianCabals revealed how Western oil giants ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, then delivered substantial control of it to the Kremlin.
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Kasachstan ist Österreichs Rohöl-Lieferland Nummer eins. Heuer stieg der Anteil sogar auf mehr als 50%. Der Großteil des kasachischen Öls läuft durch eine Pipeline, die Russland kontrolliert und finanziell nützt. #CaspianCabals @profil.at @icij.org www.profil.at/investigativ...
Trotz Ukraine-Kriegs: Österreich kauft noch mehr Öl von Putins Gnaden
Kasachstan ist das mit Abstand wichtigste Rohöl-Lieferland Österreichs – Tendenz stark steigend. Doch die Haupt-Pipeline läuft über Russland. Der Kreml hat maßgeblichen Einfluss und profitiert auch fi...
www.profil.at
November 23, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Kasachstan ist Österreichs Rohöl-Lieferland Nummer eins. Heuer stieg der Anteil sogar auf mehr als 50%. Der Großteil des kasachischen Öls läuft durch eine Pipeline, die Russland kontrolliert und finanziell nützt. #CaspianCabals @profil.at @icij.org www.profil.at/investigativ...
Burghausen lebt vom Öl, das auch aus Kasachstan kommt. Damit nimmt man in der bayerischen Kleinstadt Korruption, Menschenrechtsverstöße und Umweltverschmutzung in Kauf. Und die Abhängigkeit von Russland. Unsere Geschichte in @spiegel.de mit @icij.org #CaspianCabals www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
(S+) Wie eine bayerische Kleinstadt an importiertem Öl verdient – und Russland mit
Burghausen lebt vom Öl, das auch aus Kasachstan kommt. Damit nimmt man in der bayerischen Kleinstadt Korruption, Menschenrechtsverstöße und Umweltverschmutzung in Kauf. Und dass Russland damit Gewinn ...
www.spiegel.de
November 23, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Burghausen lebt vom Öl, das auch aus Kasachstan kommt. Damit nimmt man in der bayerischen Kleinstadt Korruption, Menschenrechtsverstöße und Umweltverschmutzung in Kauf. Und die Abhängigkeit von Russland. Unsere Geschichte in @spiegel.de mit @icij.org #CaspianCabals www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...