At the recent Summit for Democracy, non-governmental actors– among them leading activists and dissidents – implored participating governments to stand up to kleptocracy, according to the official account. In the… Read more »
Reforming a global financial architecture which enables kleptocracy should be on the Summit for Democracy’s agenda, according to the International Coalition for Democratic Renewal (ICDR). “It must seek to prevent… Read more »
On September 15, 2021, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a $67.38 million loan to Equatorial Guinea under a Rapid Financing Instrument to help the country address the COVID-19 pandemic and catastrophic accidental… Read more »
Many observers see this weekend’s Russian elections as the latest stage in a regression from flawed democracy to fully fledged authoritarian state, says a new report from the European Parliament…. Read more »
NEW: COUNTERING GLOBAL KLEPTOCRACY A US strategy for fighting authoritarian corruption—and the most comprehensive counter-kleptocracy policy study yet. 70 recommendations for @Transition46 and 117th Congress. Preface by @SenWhitehouse. Read it… Read more »
NEW: Yesterday, the world was shocked to learn that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is fighting for his life after apparently being poisoned. Here’s what he’s done to expose… Read more »
Still standing: How Vladimir Putin maintains his support https://t.co/k5b4burBOO — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 10, 2020 As Russians cast ballots in a tightly managed vote on constitutional changes that… Read more »
The crisis atmosphere of the coronavirus response raises the risks of corruption as aid flows to graft-prone healthcare systems. But it’s not too late to put safeguards in place, writes Abigail… Read more »
Billions of dollars stolen from citizens are circling the globe, enriching powerful individuals, altering political outcomes, and disadvantaging everyday people, notes Alexandra Gillies, an advisor at the Natural Resource Governance Institute…. Read more »
A trove of more than 700,000 documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and shared with The New York Times, shows how a global network of consultants, lawyers, bankers and… Read more »