Russian “aggression stems, in part, from a systemic level of corruption, which places Putin’s Russia in an increasing state of tension with the Western order. 1/
https://twitter.com/lawfareblog/status/1413119616600219654
… This system is a hierarchy, the “vertical of power,” wherein Putin manages patronage networks in government agencies, state-owned enterprises and private businesses. These elements govern together as an oligarchy with the authority and protection of law… 2/
As Russia’s state-sponsored oligarchy seeks to compete economically and politically with the West...it will be important for the Biden administration to establish whether the Kremlin has a strategy to apply corruption as a tool of statecraft… 3/
Russian “foreign policy is driven by a state-sponsored oligarchy shaped by historical, economic, normative, & geopolitical factors. These systemic considerations can make it difficult to differentiate when Russian state and non-state actors are colluding in foreign countries… 4/
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