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☆ 9 of the most brazen marathon cheats of all time, from a man who jumped on a bus to brothers who switched shirts
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Sinéad Baker | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

An elite runner was disqualified from an ultramarathon in April 2023 for using a car for 2.5 miles of the route. Joasia Zakrzewski from Scotland competes in Lofoten Ultra-Trail Svolvaer, Norway, on June 4, 2016. Kai-Otto Melau/Getty ImagesA Scottish woman was disqualified from an ultramarathon in England this month after data from a tracking app revealed she used a car for part of the race. Data on tracking app Strava alerted race officials to her suspicious speed during part of the race, the BBC reported. Zakrzewski made a public apology, and said her actions were the result of miscommunication and were "not malicious," according to the BBC.

☆ Pentagon explains the mysterious Russian tank at a truck stop in Louisiana — saying it was disarmed and is going to an Army training center
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian T-90A tank was left at a casino and travel center in Roanoke, Louisiana last week. The Pentagon claimed ownership of the tank on Tuesday, The War Zone reported. It said it was on its way to a US Army training center when the truck carrying it broke down. "I've been here seven years," Valerie Mott, the assistant manager of the casino and travel center, told The War Zone. Its website says that the training center is "responsible for numerous technical achievements in military intelligence, medical research, engineering, and computer technology."

☆ Ukraine says it keeps finding Chinese-made parts in Russian weapons, undermining its claim not to be helping Putin fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A growing number of Chinese parts have been found in Russian weapons, Ukraine told Reuters. Chinese-made parts have been found in Russian aerial drones and tanks, the outlet reported. Vladyslav Vlasiuk, who is also a sanctions expert, told the outlet that Ukraine "continues to find different electronics" in Russian weapons that have been used in Ukraine. The drones had previously used a Swiss navigation system while the Russian tanks once had parts made in France, the outlet reported. China has repeatedly denied sending military equipment to Russia since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.

☆ Russian spies are using Tinder to ensnare German soldiers and politicians to get them to disclose Ukraine war secrets, counterintelligence warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Sinéad Baker | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian spies are using Tinder to pursue intelligence about the Ukraine war, Germany warned. Spies are targeting German soldiers and politicians, the country's counterintelligence service said. Intelligence services like Russia's appear to be using the dating app to seek intel and recruits. Other governments have previously warned that spies and foreign intelligence bodies could be using dating apps like Tinder to find sources and gather information. But the dating app has also been used by others in relation to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

☆ A captured Russian tank from the war in Ukraine mysteriously showed up at a truck stop in Louisiana, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian tank mysteriously appeared off a highway in Louisiana on Tuesday, The War Zone reported. "I've been here seven years," Valerie Mott, the assistant manager of the casino and travel center, told The War Zone. The tank did not have any machine guns attached to it and had damaged front and rear fenders, The War Zone reported. Spokespeople for the Pentagon, the Russian military, and the Ukrainian Ground Forces did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment. Since the start of Russia's invasion last year, Ukrainian troops have been reusing captured Russian tanks in battle.

☆ Ukrainian paramedic describes dodging artillery fire to get to injured children: 'My mother instinct kicks in'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tetiana, a paramedic, has been working in the separatist region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Despite this, the most difficult part of the job is treating injured children, she told Insider. We have to wear body armor and protective gear when we go close to the front lines," she told Insider. "But once I get there and I'm working with people, giving them treatment, soothing them, I'm only in work mode. She told Insider that she once treated a girl who had her leg blown off after her home was shelled in a Russian attack in the city of Kramatorsk.

☆ The father of a Russian girl who drew anti-war pictures fled house arrest. The Kremlin tracked him down in Belarus after he turned on his cellphone.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian man was charged for "discrediting" the army after his daughter drew anti-war art at school. Shortly before his sentencing last month, Alexei Moskalyov fled house arrest and disappeared. "Alexei Moskalyov was extradited from Belarus to Russia," his lawyer in Belarus said, according to AP. Shortly after, he was convicted of "discrediting" the Russian military, handed a two-year prison term, and placed on house arrest. But hours before a court was meant to hand down the two-year sentence, Moskalyov unexpectedly fled house arrest and went off the grid.

☆ Dozens of Russian draftees were locked in a factory and forced to sign contracts with the Wagner Group at gunpoint, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dozens of Russian draftees were tricked into signing contracts with Wagner, Astra reported. Soldiers told their families they were "sold" though it is unclear whether a transaction was made. The group then forced soldiers to sign contracts with them, according to the outlet. Fifty-seven out of 170 draftees agreed to sign contracts with the paramilitary group, while the rest refused to sign and were transported elsewhere in Ukraine's Luhansk region, Astra reported. Despite some internal conflict, the Wagner Group has been working closely with Russia since the start of its invasion of Ukraine last year.

☆ Video shows a Russian YouTuber striking himself in the face with a Western anti-tank weapon after holding it the wrong way
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Smirnov was mocked online after posting a clip of himself misfiring a Swedish anti-tank weapon. In the video, Smirnov strikes himself in the face after failing to hold the launcher properly. In an episode, originally posted three months ago, Smirnov compares Soviet and Western anti-tank weapons, including the Swedish AT4. The next shot shows Smirnov standing in front of the tank, a visible bruise forming around his eye. Aside from anti-tank weapons, Smirnov also reviews grenades, flamethrowers, and armored personnel carriers and tanks.

☆ Cash App creator Bob Lee moved out of San Francisco because he thought the city was 'deteriorating' shortly before he was stabbed there, friend says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cash App creator Bob Lee was fatally stabbed in San Francisco earlier this week. His friend, Jake Shields, told NewsNation that Lee had recently relocated to Miami. Lee moved out of San Francisco because he thought it was unsafe, Shields added. "[Lee] did comment on San Francisco deteriorating, which is why he actually had just relocated to Miami," Shields told the outlet. Shields told NewsNation the attack was a "senseless act of violence in San Francisco," adding that the city has had "problems" for a while.

☆ Two Ukrainian men in wheelchairs were forcibly deported to Russia and subjected to months of abuse. Then they escaped.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Two Ukrainian men in wheelchairs were forcibly sent to Russia last year after Kherson was occupied. Bohdan and Oleksandr told Insider they were bullied during their time in a Russian deportation camp. Their days were filled with threats and bullying, the men told Insider, adding that nurses frequently referred to them "Nazis." Both told Insider they plan on living there for the foreseeable future. Describing the moment he got out of Russia, Bohdan said: "I felt like it was the day before my birthday party.

Some Credit Suisse shareholders had angry words for the board at its final annual general meeting. Credit Suisse was acquired by rival UBS after the 167-year-old Swiss bank's stock crashed last month. The anger inside the meeting was shared by investors and climate protestors outside Zurich's hockey arena where the meeting was held. A spokesperson for Credit Suisse declined to comment. How much is enough for a golden parachute that is on his crashing plane that is the Credit Suisse?"

☆ Russia wants to ditch the Wagner Group and replace it with another private army that's easier to control, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tensions between Wagner and Russia's Defense Ministry have been simmering for months. Russia might replace the Wagner group with another private military company that it can exert "more control" over, the British Ministry of Defense tweeted on Tuesday. It comes as a very public feud between Russian military leaders and the Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have spiraled out of control. This led to the Kremlin cutting all ties with the group, Prigozhin said last month. A spokesperson for Russia's Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ The QAnon Shaman's new roommates after he got out of jail had no idea who he was, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jacob Chansley, a January 6 rioter known as the "QAnon Shaman," has been released from prison early. Chansley is carrying out the rest of his prison sentence in a halfway house in Arizona. His new roommates told The New York Post on Sunday they had no idea who he was. A prison spokesperson told Insider's Natalie Musumeci that he was transferred from Arizona's Federal Correctional Institution Safford to "community confinement" overseen by the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Phoenix Residential Reentry Management Office last week. Chansley's projected release date from any kind of federal custody is May 25, the spokesperson added.

☆ One of Russia's longtime allies said it will arrest Putin if he goes there, leaving him a pariah in a region where he was once dominant
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Armenia, a longtime Russia ally, has been increasingly distancing itself from Vladimir Putin. Its ruling party said that if Putin visited Armenia, he would get arrested, Moscow Times reported. The party was referring to an international arrest warrant for Putin issued earlier this month. Armenia is among a growing group of countries that have said they would enforce an international warrant issued by the International Criminal Court earlier this month. Pashinyan has previously accused Russian peacekeepers of failing to take a more active role around the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabak.

☆ Ivanka Trump has given up trying to advise her father and is keeping her distance as his possible indictment looms, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ivanka Trump wants to continue keeping her distance from her father, People magazine reported. "Even though Ivanka loves her dad, she knows how impossible he can be," an unnamed source told People magazine. Another unnamed source told People magazine that even though Ivanka is continuing to keep her distance, there is no personal beef between father and daughter. The comments echo a report published by The New York Post in November, which claimed that Ivanka was unhappy about how her friends "turned their backs" on her during her father's administration. Ivanka Trump did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ Russian soldiers are shocked by the 'horrible reality' in Ukraine and often regret going, says YouTuber who spoke to more than 200 after they were captured
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He told Insider that there are common themes among captives: ignorance and regret. Zolkin, a former lawyer, became a YouTube hit last March when he started posting interviews with captured Russian soldiers. He said he always asks the Russian soldiers, on camera, if they want to be interviewed beforehand. "Unfortunately, they are all in the vacuum of Russian propaganda, and nobody tells them what is actually going on," Zolkin told Insider. He said many of the Russian soldiers he interviewed have also since been brought back home.

☆ A New Zealand veteran who led an elite unit in Ukraine and staged a dramatic rescue was killed in the fighting
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A New Zealand veteran who led an elite unit in Ukraine died on Monday, multiple reports said. A viral video showed how he helped rescue a Ukrainian prisoner of war in Bakhmut earlier this month. Officials in Ukraine and New Zealand told Insider they were aware of the reports and were working to verify them. Earlier this month, a video showing his unit's rescue of a Ukrainian prisoner in Bakhmut, went viral. Te Tai told The New Yorker in December that he was not afraid of dying, saying: "I've had a good life, I can die happy."

☆ Bodycam footage shows cops forcefully arresting a Black family at a Starbucks car park. A jury awarded them $8.25 million in damages.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Black mother and her two daughters were detained at a Starbucks car park in California in 2019. A California jury awarded the family more than $8 million on Wednesday, court documents show. After an altercation, Holland ordered all three family members out of the car and detained them, the video shows. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Insider's for comment. It happened in a Starbucks car park, not in the actual shop.

☆ Russia's Wagner army is recruiting fighters on Pornhub in a desperate attempt to strengthen troops, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Wagner Group has struggled to recruit more fighters to support Russia in the Ukraine war. "Don't whack off, go work for PMC Wagner," an advert on Pornhub said, according to the report. "Don't whack off, apply for a job with the Wagner Group." The advert also includes a phone number, which is reportedly linked with Wagner Group recruiters. A Ukrainian military intelligence report, published in December and first obtained by CNN, said that Wagner Group fighters, which include prisoners, "have become the disposable infantry" in Ukraine.

☆ Princess Diana's brother rejects Trump's claim that she sucked up to him, saying she viewed him worse than 'an anal fissure'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump told Breitbart News that his upcoming book will include letters from Princess Diana. In the interview, he said the letters show Princess Diana and other public figures "kissed my ass." Diana's brother responded to the claims, saying she viewed Trump "as worse than an anal fissure." Trump made the comments during a recent interview with Breitbart News to promote his upcoming book, titled "Letters to Trump." Trump's eldest son Donald Trump Jr. also told Breitbart that his father "has been around some of the most interesting people in the world."

☆ A Russian trainspotter who became obsessed with taking photographs of Putin's 'ghost train' now lives in exile: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A trainspotter spent years tracking Putin's secret train, which he reportedly uses to get around. Mikhail Korotkov told The Washington Post that in 2021, he felt like he was being watched. Mikhail Korotkov, 31, spent years tracking, photographing, and blogging about Putin's armored train, which he reportedly uses to travel inconspicuously around the country. But the 31-year-old was also careful to not be too public about his hobby, telling the Post that he did not post all the pictures of Putin's train online. He now lives in Sri Lanka, but told The Post that he is "ready to move around the world."

☆ Ukraine says it caught a Russian soldier who had been hiding in abandoned buildings for 6 months after being separated from his unit
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian police said they arrested a Russian soldier who had been in hiding for about six months. The soldier was left behind by his unit after they fled the Ukrainian counteroffensive last year. Dressed in civilian clothes, the soldier was hiding in abandoned buildings, police said. The soldier, who was dressed in civilian clothes, had been hiding out in abandoned buildings ever since his unit fled the Ukrainian counteroffensive last September, the statement said. Police are now investigating how he managed to stay on Ukrainian territory for half a year.

☆ Firing an anti-ship missile at ground targets is a chaotic strategy Russia may regret, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia launched a new wave of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine on Thursday. Among the weapons used was a Kh-22, an old Soviet-style missile designed to sink aircraft carriers. Its use is an illustration of Russia's "kitchen sink approach," a missile expert told Insider. He said the Kh-22 missiles are "basically being used as terror weapons," totally removed from their actual military purpose. Short-term thinkingWilliams said using an anti-ship missile like this betrayed a "short-term approach" by Russia, which is degrading its ability to fend off other threats.

☆ Bodycam footage shows cops forcefully arresting a Black family at Starbucks. A jury awarded them $8.25 million in damages.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Black mother and her two daughters were detained at a Starbucks in California in September 2019. Bodycam footage shows the family were handcuffed after the mother refused to show her ID. A California jury awarded the family more than $8 million on Wednesday, court documents show. After an altercation, Holland ordered all three family members out of the car and detained them, the video shows. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Insider's for comment.

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