Russia’s corruption “crackdown” looks hollow as losses surge without more cases
Seven in ten crimes are classified as grave or especially grave.
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As sanctions bite, Russia’s war chest nears empty by Christmas
The Russian economy is not collapsing, but it is stagnant and suffering high inflation. And this economic decline could be a tipping point, because Russia may run out of liquid reserves, prompting the Kremlin to cut public expenditures.
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.
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.
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.
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
“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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…