Section: Kleptocracy Initiative (USA)
Kleptocracy Daily: October 11, 2016
News The UK police’s economic corruption unit is itself being investigated for ties to a private investigators’ firm set up up by a lawyer who worked for Russian oligarchs. (Telegraph) U.S. lawmakers accused the White House of trying to weaken a bill that could provide greater financial leverage against the Russian, Iranian, and...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 10, 2016
News A major RFE/RL investigation of Russian Railways sheds light on how corruption functions at the highest level in Putin’s Russia. The U.S. formally accused Russia of hacking the Democratic Party and attempting to interfere in its elections. (Guardian) A new study suggests that Xi Jinping’s anti-graft campaign may be backfiring, as...
Kleptocracy, Inc.: How America Enables Global Corruption
By Nate Sibley, KI Communications Manager How should the U.S. deal with the growing number of regimes that are not only corrupt, but using corruption as their guiding principle of government? It is an increasingly urgent question. From rogue states to terrorism, insurgencies, cyberattacks, and disinformation, it is kleptocracy, or “rule by...
Kleptocracy Weekly: October 1-7, 2016
The Kleptocracy Initiative’s weekly round-up of leading stories on kleptocracy and its enablers. Events On October 14, Hannah Thoburn, Brian Whitmore, and Angela Stent will examine Consolidation and Control: Power Shifts in Putin’s Kremlin. Join KI, the Lithuanian ambassador, and a distinguished panel at Hudson Institute on October 19...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 4, 2016
Event: Join KI, the Lithuanian ambassador, and a distinguished panel of experts at Hudson Institute on October 19 for “The Threat of Kleptocracy: States Bordering the Russian Federation.” Register here. The Kremlin suspended a plutonium disposal agreement with the U.S., demanding an end to sanctions, reparations, and a scaled-back NATO...
The Threat of Kleptocracy: States Bordering the Russian Federation
Join the Kleptocracy Initiative at Hudson Institute on October 19 for a discussion of the threats posed by kleptocracy to states bordering the Russian Federation. The expansion of the Kremlin’s kleptocracy is now seriously undermining the integrity of Europe. Nowhere is this threat more salient than in the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and...
Kleptocracy Daily: October 3, 2016
Monday’s must-read: Former members of Congress are using their influence to lobby on behalf of foreign powers – not all of which are U.S. allies. (Politico) The U.S. may have seized $600 million from accounts owned by Gulnara Karimova, daughter of Uzbekistan’s late dictator, but officials aren’t ready to hand it back until his...
Kleptocracy Weekly: September 24-30, 2016
A weekly round-up of leading stories on kleptocracy and its enablers… Must-Reads The U.S. needs a new approach to confront the emerging Sino-Russian axis. (WSJ) “If you knew Putin like we know Putin…” Estonia’s president and Lithuania’s foreign minister discuss the Kremlin’s kleptocracy. (Daily Beast) Azerbaijan’s ruling...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 29, 2016
The Mayor of London is launching a major inquiry into foreign property ownership in the UK capital. Three London-based traders are accused of stealing more than £76 million from their Russian bank employers. (Guardian, Daily Mail) China’s National People’s Congress has far bigger problems than its corrupt members. (Foreign...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 28, 2016
International prosecutors found that flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian Buk missile fired from occupied territory in eastern Ukraine, resulting in the deaths of 298 people. The Kremlin says the findings are politically motivated, accusing the Ukrainian government instead. (BBC, Reuters) The U.S. needs a new approach to confront the emerging...
