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StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1 499fd61f79 feat(sources): fetch linked URLs for the 252 spreadsheet-only cases
Until now only cases 357+ (plus a few older ones) had their linked URLs
fetched; the other 252 dossiers held just the text pasted into the
spreadsheet, often only the lede. This pass fetches every linked URL for
those cases so the full text is on file before link rot takes it.

- stage_all.py: new --include-sheet-cases flag that lifts the skip on
  cases holding spreadsheet articles. Resumable as before.
- staging/: raw extracts and index.json for the 252 cases.
- sourced-articles.json, case-files-manifest.json: 188 new UNTRIMMED
  blocks. 179 cases gained at least one fetched article; 73 got none
  (49 BLOCKED, 18 THIN, 9 DEAD, 4 video/social, 3 ERROR).
- sources/*.txt: rebuilt with build_cases.py --all. Sheet pastes are
  kept; fetched blocks sit beside them under the NOT YET TRIMMED banner.
  Files previously committed with CRLF are now LF.
- wayback-availability.json: Wayback snapshots exist for 73 of the 98
  failed URL slots; input for an archive-fetch pass.
- README-START-HERE.md: progress note and next step.

verify_all.py PASSES (1836 checks).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
2026-09-05 15:02:39 +02:00

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CASE 034 | Yury Mayorov | February 26, 2018 | Russia
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DATABASE RECORD
id 34
date February 26, 2018
original_date February 23, 2018
year 2018
month 2
quarter 2018-Q1
victim Yury Mayorov
location Moscow, Russia
country Russia
scenario Kidnapping
description Crypto Developer Beaten, Robbed Of 300 BTC
kidnappings 1
violence_torture 1
drugs_alcohol 1
weapons 1
theft 1
life_taken 0
money_wanted (null)
coin_type (null)
reports CT
notes stolen phones, laptop and cripto wallet access
has_processed_date 1
created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
**Victim:** Yury Mayorov
**Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
**Attack Method:** Kidnapping for ransom
**Violence Used:** Physical assault, drugging
**Crypto Stolen:** Approximately 300 BTC
**Status:** Investigation ongoing
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-crypto-developer-beaten-robbed-of-300-btc-on-moscow-streets
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 35: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source CT
URL https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-crypto-developer-beaten-robbed-of-300-btc-on-moscow-streets
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 35, column "Articles"
Length 1,962 chars
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Russian Crypto Developer Beaten, Robbed Of 300 BTC On Moscow Streets
Russian crypto developer Yury Mayorov was kidnapped in Moscow, beaten, robbed of 300 BTC, and forced by the robbers to take an unknown pill after with a swig of vodka.
Four unknown men kidnapped Yury Mayorov, the creator of cryptocurrency PRIZM, Forklog news outlet reported yesterday, Feb. 26. According to Forklog, Mayorov was robbed of $20,000, 300 bitcoins (BTC), and three iPhones.
Data on CoinMarketCap shows that PRIZM has a total market cap of around $15.5 mln, and is trading at around $1.04 by press time.
According to Mayorovs own allegations, he was grabbed off of Isakovskogo Street by four men on Feb. 23 at 10:00 pm in Moscow, put into a Mercedes, and beaten while the men drove around the city.
The men took the US dollars, which Mayorov had just exchanged for an upcoming trip to India, the iPhones, and his laptop with access to his crypto wallet with 300 BTC, worth a little over $3 mln today.
Telegram channel Mash, which originally broke the news of the attack, reported that before the robbers let Mayorov go, they “gave Yury some bright pill and forced him to drink it with vodka,” causing him to go to the hospital before being able to report the incident to the police.
Kidnappings and robberies of people involved in cryptocurrencies are becoming more frequent occurrences across Russia and Ukraine.
Four days ago, on Feb. 23, a crypto investor in Moscow was cut in the face with a knife and 100 BTC, now worth about $1 mln, stolen from him. Another attack on a crypto investor took place in St. Petersburg in mid-January, when a crypto YouTube blogger who had bragged about his wealth was attacked and robbed at home of 24 mln rubles, equal to about $428,000.
In December of last year in Ukraine, Pavel Lerner, the director of UK-based crypto exchange EXMO, was kidnapped in Kiev and only released after three days after more than $1 mln in BTC was paid as ransom.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [RAW EXTRACT — NOT YET TRIMMED]
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!! and may contain teaser headlines for UNRELATED cases. Trim on read-through.
!! Do not quote from it without checking the passage belongs to this case.
Source cointelegraph.com
URL https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-crypto-developer-beaten-robbed-of-300-btc-on-moscow-streets
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:56:01+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs ALL 15 paragraphs, untrimmed
Length 2,303 chars
Integrity sha256 8c844640592a06442536bbfde5991b9c3a19ef502293e5e4f0ba96c035d64eda
Trimmed NOT TRIMMED. Full page extract; trim on read-through.
Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
Russian Crypto Developer Beaten, Robbed Of 300 BTC On Moscow Streets
Written by Molly Jane Zuckermanformer writerReviewed by Igor Belkinformer editor
Written by Molly Jane Zuckermanformer writer
Russian crypto developer Yury Mayorov was kidnapped in Moscow, beaten, robbed of 300 BTC, and forced by the robbers to take an unknown pill after with a swig of vodka.
Four unknown men kidnapped Yury Mayorov, the creator of cryptocurrency PRIZM, Forklog news outlet reported yesterday, Feb. 26. According to Forklog, Mayorov was robbed of $20,000, 300 bitcoins (BTC), and three iPhones.
Data on CoinMarketCap shows that PRIZM has a total market cap of around $15.5 mln, and is trading at around $1.04 by press time.
According to Mayorovs own allegations, he was grabbed off of Isakovskogo Street by four men on Feb. 23 at 10:00 pm in Moscow, put into a Mercedes, and beaten while the men drove around the city.
The men took the US dollars, which Mayorov had just exchanged for an upcoming trip to India, the iPhones, and his laptop with access to his crypto wallet with 300 BTC, worth a little over $3 mln today.
Kidnappings and robberies of people involved in cryptocurrencies are becoming more frequent occurrences across Russia and Ukraine.
Four days ago, on Feb. 23, a crypto investor in Moscow was cut in the face with a knife and 100 BTC, now worth about $1 mln, stolen from him. Another attack on a crypto investor took place in St. Petersburg in mid-January, when a crypto YouTube blogger who had bragged about his wealth was attacked and robbed at home of 24 mln rubles, equal to about $428,000.
In December of last year in Ukraine, Pavel Lerner, the director of UK-based crypto exchange EXMO, was kidnapped in Kiev and only released after three days after more than $1 mln in BTC was paid as ransom.
Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraphs Editorial Policy and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently.
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