Corruption in Russia Archives

Russian soldiers, illustrative image. Photo via Wikimedia.

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UK intel: Russia attempts to manage defense corruption while keeping up military operations in Ukraine

Russian authorities are aggressively pursuing corruption charges against defense officials while deliberately stopping short of a complete crackdown.

byBenjamin Looijen

Russian ruble coins, illustrative image. Photo via Eastnews.ua

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UK intel: Russia unable to eliminate corruption in defense spending

The British military analysts take as an example the case of Dmitry Bulgakov, former Russian Deputy Defense Minister, who was arrested on corruption charges.

byBenjamin Looijen

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Latest news Ukraine

UK intel: Russia purging defense industry of corrupt officials

Although it does tolerate some corruption, the Kremlin is conducting crackdowns on corrupt officials in the defense industry unable to find patrons or other forms of protection.

byBenjamin Looijen

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“Ukraine has no choice but to fight. Sorry, European oligarchs.” Security expert Samus on western military aid and outcome of war

Despite the increase in calls from the media for Ukraine to surrender, security analyst Mykhailo Samus remains cautiously…

byBohdan Ben

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the second session of the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation. 3 September 2019. Photo: president.gov.ua

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Portnikov: “Unity” for robbery just like in Russia

When Vladimir Putin became the new president of Russia in 2000, he was opposed by a strong institutional…

byVitaly Portnikov

Military with state flag of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

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A Moscow paper asks a most inconvenient question: ‘What is the secret of Estonia’s success?’

The independent Moscow newspaper Novyye izvestiya points out that the average pay in Estonia is now “about 1800…

byPaul A. Goble

Russian state crest in front of full moon (Image: vedomosti.ru)

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Russia, among the most corrupt countries in the world, now using it as a weapon against others

Transparency International has just published its Corruption Perception Index, long one of the most useful measures allowing for…

byPaul A. Goble

World War III: Putin's hybrid war of Russian secret services, propaganda journalism and corruption of foreign elites.

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Putin’s export of corruption — a key part of his hybrid war against the West, Babchenko says

The post-1945 world order is coming to an end, in no small part because of Vladimir Putin’s successful…

byPaul A. Goble

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Russia

Russia earned 3 trillion US dollars from petroleum and stashed abroad over half of that, OilStat analysts say

Russian companies have earned some three trillion US dollars from the sale of oil and gas abroad since…

byPaul A. Goble

Anna Yaroslavivna of Kyiv (born 1024/25 or 1032 in Kyiv, died after 1075), daughter of King Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv and Ingegerd, daughter of King Olof Skötkunung of Sweden; the third wife of King Henry I of France; and sister-in-law of kings Andrew I of Hungary and Harald III of Norway. Monument in Senlis, France. (Image: panoramio)

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“Moscow’s appropriation of Ukrainian history not limited to Queen Anna Yaroslavna” and other neglected Russian stories

The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…

byPaul A. Goble

The Russian political cartoon depicts a "subway map" starting in the Kremlin, Russia and dotted with terror acts and wars through the years of Putin's rule, which eventually sprouts "Crimea, Ukraine" and "Syria" branches with "Boeing" (MH17), "Chemical weapons," and "Bombings" (Author: Andrey Zakirzyanov‏ @Bezizyanov via Twitter)

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Putin regime now entering its fifth and final phase, Yakovenko says

Vladimir Putin’s regime, which has always been authoritarian and kleptocratic, nonetheless has evolved over the course of the…

byPaul A. Goble

Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition figure, with his staff after he has been attacked with a chemical mixture containing "brilliant green", a strong alcohol-based die used as an antiseptic, for the second time this year. The politician lost 80% of vision in his right eye as of April 30, 2017. (Image: @navalny)

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By focusing on corruption alone, Russian opposition unwittingly helping Kremlin, Pavlova says

Alexei Navalny and the liberals who support him have focused almost exclusively on the issue of corruption, a…

byPaul A. Goble

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“Putin offers new lies for old” and other neglected Russian stories

The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…

byPaul A. Goble

"Marusya", a folk singing group organized by African students in Russia, has appealed to Vladimir Putin for defense against Kuban Cossacks who are upset that the black students dress in Cossack costumes and sing Cossack songs. (Image: golos-kubani.ru)

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‘What do French prostitutes, Kremlin media and Duma deputies have in common?’ and other neglected Russian stories

The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…

byPaul A. Goble

Vladimir Putin visiting Karyes, the Orthodox enclave of Mount Athos in May 2016. The above photo, of Putin standing at an ancient throne alongside Greek officials and Orthodox dignitaries, was described by various Russian news outlets, both within the country and abroad, as Putin standing at a place which had until then been reserved only for Byzantine emperors.

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Russia remains a Byzantine state and that may doom it, ‘Gazeta’ editors say

The photographs of Vladimir Putin sitting on what many falsely supposed was the throne of Byzantine emperors have…

byPaul A. Goble

Putin addressing his "new nomenklatura" ruling elite. Russian kleptocrats have been parking their stolen wealth in the West since the break-up of the Soviet Union (Image: kremlin.ru)

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Under Putin, Russia has become ‘two nations living in one country,’ commentators say

One of the most powerful ideological memes of Soviet times was the notion that capitalism divided the population…

byPaul A. Goble

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Another baker’s dozen of neglected Russian stories

The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…

byPaul A. Goble

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The Bitkov ‘case’ – a continuing Putin crime that must not be forgotten

Even more than his easily exposed bald-faced lies, Vladimir Putin relies for the success he often enjoys at…

byPaul A. Goble

Putin and Medvedev. Expert estimated Putin's net worth at $200 billion, (CNN)

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FIFA corruption trials could threaten Putin’s hold on power, Portnikov says

Many commentators have suggested that Vladimir Putin is expressing outrage about the corruption charges the US has brought…

byPaul A. Goble

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International

Putin claims his daughters live in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about where his daughters, Maria and Katerina, live. He answered the question during…

byRussian media sources