Paul Manafort reportedly used prominent DC lobbyists to help polish the image of Viktor Yanukovych, the ousted Ukrainian president. (Daily Beast)
Putin may have seen the Panama Papers as a personal attack and wanted revenge, according to two Russian authors. Alexey Navalny alleges that Putin owns a secret dacha island on the Finnish border. A foundation created by the president’s alleged daughter has received a warning for violating NGO laws. (WaPo, RFE/RL, Meduza)
Australian universities are bowing to the political sensibilities of their Chinese students; they have become a frontline in Beijing’s ideological warfare, says John Garnaut (Quartz, AFR)
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Source: Kleptocracy Initiative
