Nomma Zarubina case

The Russo-Ukrainian war is often measured in kilometers of front line, in artillery exchanges, in casualty reports from a battlefield stretching more than 1,000 kilometers. For more than four years, Russia has poured vast human and material resources into this war. Yet alongside the grinding fight on the ground, another conflict — quieter but no less fierce — has unfolded in parallel.

On Dec. 3, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) reported that a New York district court had revoked the bail of Russian citizen Nomma Zarubina, who had earlier been charged, among other counts, with working for Russian intelligence. Following an emergency hearing, the court ordered her taken into custody. NV English obtained additional documents related to Zarubina’s case that expose an extensive global network of Russian espionage and influence operations — evidence that the Kremlin is building a civilian ecosystem to shape international narratives.

NV English has obtained documents revealing a sprawling Russian global espionage and influence network — evidence of the Kremlin’s effort to build a civilian ecosystem for shaping international narratives.