MP asks ‘what are ministers trying to hide?’, as government refuses to publish original sanctions guidance

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who leads the notorious Wagner army, sought to attack the BBC two months before the Ukraine invasion

London law firm that worked for Wagner Group founder faces call to be ‘struck off’ as regulator launches probes

Tina Stowell said action to crack down on SLAPPs was ‘wholly inadequate’ following revelations by openDemocracy

Ministers are considering giving more political oversight to a process that allowed a warlord to sue a UK journalist

PM denies involvement in key Treasury decision while chancellor – raising questions over lack of ministerial scrutiny

Rishi Sunak’s old department gave go-ahead for Yevgeny Prigozhin to circumvent sanctions and bring case in London

UK Treasury, then under Rishi Sunak’s control, let Yevgeny Prigozhin circumvent sanctions to target Eliot Higgins

New legislation is set to target corporate corruption and attempts to silence journalists through SLAPP lawsuits

Exclusive: Carter-Ruck has been accused of harassing journalists for wealthy clients. But its profits remain secret

Top newspaper editors call on Dominic Raab to bring in new law to defend journalists from oligarchs’ legal threats

Parliament heard claims Dmitry Leus, who donated £50,000 to Tories, is ‘absolutely dependent’ on Russian spy agency

Leading media freedom organisations call for libel action against ‘public interest’ journalism to be dropped

The case against our investigative journalists has already cost openDemocracy tens of thousands of pounds