Proekt investigation finds Russian officials flying on private jets apparently provided by oligarchs whose industries they oversee

Proekt has published an extensive investigation into senior Russian officials’ use of private jets. Its journalists examined a database from the border service of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that leaked in 2023. It contained records of more than 100 million people who left Russia by air or other means in 2014–2023. The reporters spent a year analyzing international flight records for 1,064 senior Russian officials. We briefly summarize the investigation’s most important findings.