OSINT investigations

This page contains all of National Research Agency's OSINT investigations. Articles are sorted by the date, you can filter them by hashtags or use the built-in search.
National Research Agency's open-source investigations are an internal product of our agency. If you want to use materials from our OSINT investigations on the media pages or thematic blogs, make sure to leave a link to the National Research Agency website in your text. We are ready to provide you with additional information on each material, please contact us.

We would also like to remind you that public OSINT investigations are only part of our non-profit work. You can always order our services: background check, corporate intelligence, market analysis, financial intelligence, military intelligence, HUMINT services and others open-source intelligence investigations. These materials are performed on a commercial basis. The information from private orders is never disclosed.
 

Identification of Russian soldier looter from Bucha by stolen AirPods
Identification of Russian soldier looter from Bucha by stolen AirPods

The National Research Agency OSINT community has identified a Russian serviceman who robbed a civilian's house in Bucha during the temporary occupation of the city by Russian troops in March 2022. The offender was identified by analyzing his movements using the location tracking service of a stolen Apple gadget.

What music did Ukrainians listen to in 2022: Russian artists in the charts. National Research Agency analytics
What music did Ukrainians listen to in 2022: Russian artists in the charts. National Research Agency analytics

The National Research Agency OSINT community has researched popular music streaming services in Ukraine in 2022 to compare how music preferences and user behavior of Ukrainians have changed in both halves of the year. The top charts of music streaming platforms in Ukraine, the language of songs on music streaming platforms, the top 10 tracks on each streaming service, as well as traffic and download analytics on the platforms – all this is in National Research Agency's article.

“DShRG Rusich”: a neo-Nazi unit in the service of the Russian armed forces
“DShRG Rusich”: a neo-Nazi unit in the service of the Russian armed forces

The National Research Agency OSINT community conducted an investigation into the activities of a neo-Nazi group called "DShRG Rusich". We investigated the leaders of the group, as well as their connections with the armed formations of the "Wagner" PMC and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The article provides evidence of the group's commission of war crimes during its participation in armed conflicts, particularly in the east of Ukraine.

Australian Open 2023: who raised the banned Russian flag?
Australian Open 2023: who raised the banned Russian flag?

National Research Agency OSINT community has identified three persons involved in the media scandal at the 2023 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Violators of the ban on the use of Russian symbols became three Australian citizens, one of whom has close ties to the Russian Federation. The article presents private data of persons-admirers of the terrorist state.

National Research Agency identified the movement routes of GuardService PMC, the Belarusian analogue of the Wagner PMC
National Research Agency identified the movement routes of GuardService PMC, the Belarusian analogue of the Wagner PMC

Based on the investigation, National Research Agency OSINT community confirms the creation of GuardService PMC in Belarus with the help of money from the Moscow leadership. The development of the Belarusian paramilitary group is supervised directly by high-ranking officials from the Kremlin. The article presents the restored routes of movement of the PMC GuardService militants on the territory of Belarus, Russia, as well as European countries, in particular, Lithuania and Latvia.

Yevgeny Prigozhin: the way from prison to Russian state-building
Yevgeny Prigozhin: the way from prison to Russian state-building

OSINT community National Research Agency publishes an extensive overview of the life and activities of Yevgeny Prigozhin: Russian businessman, statesman, a man from the circle of people close to Vladimir Putin, one of the main ideologists of the war in Ukraine. Extensive biography, information about all types of activities, legal specification of Prigozhin's companies, insights and investigated connections of Prigozhin with representatives of Putin's elites.