Kleptocracy

Kleptocracy, literally meaning Rule of Thieves and in the context of Polcompball also known as Anocracy is an authoritarian, and economically variable ideology used to describe a form of government in which power is held primarily by criminals, corrupt officials, self-interested post-party oligarchs and such. Kleptocracy is often found in countries that collapsed after being  Marxist–Leninist One-Party States and transitioned rather unsuccessfully, an infamous case is  Russia.

Liberal democracies can also suffer from this, they can develop shadowy kleptocracies that influence the government through legitimate means such as lobbying, or illegal means such as bribery to gain the favor of government officials. This phenomenon is called corruption.

Foundations
The mechanisms of the state government are devoted almost entirely to taxing the resources and the population of the country, by means of taxes, diversion of funds, etc. The leaders of the system enlarge great personal fortunes, especially the highest position of head of state (like the president or prime minister), along with those closest to them such as ministers, governors, mayors and personal advisers. The money is laundered or diverted to secret bank accounts, usually in tax havens, as a cover for embezzlement or theft.

The economies of kleptocratic regimes tend to decline constantly, as the systematic corruption engendered by the government means that the economy is subordinate to the interests of the kleptocrats.

Historically, the socio-political environment associated with the colonial system - the domination of colonized countries, where their economies are very vulnerable as they depend on a small number of raw materials - has been particularly prone to the creation of the last kleptocracies: Africa, Latin America and also Post-Soviet states are the most prone regions.

The stealthy nature of corruption makes it difficult to combat, as there is often very little information about the identity of the corrupt. Furthermore, in many developing countries, the institutions that monitor corruption are themselves corrupt, and the media are ineffective in reporting such acts or straight up glorify followers of kleptocracy (see:RT)

[[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia [[File:Putin.png]] [[File:Yeltsin.png]]
In Russia, kleptocracy is the foundational belief of 2 post Soviet leaders: Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.

Yeltsinism advocates rapid privatization to create oligarchies while maintaining a sham democracy to appease the West.

Putinism, on the other hand, supports oligarchies that were created by Yeltsin in advance and is much more openly hostile to the West, and its sham democracy is preserved/maintained for internal, rather than external support. It also advocates the spread of kleptocracy through war, as seen from Putin's invasion of Ukraine, bringing a kleptocratic model to Crimea and parts of Donbass.

[[File:Cball-Kazakhstan.png]] Kazakhstan [[File:NurOtan.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine
In Ukraine, Kleptocracy is associated with the rule of two presidents: Leonid Kuchma (1994-2004) and  Viktor Yanukovych (2010-2014).

Kuchmism is a term used to describe the period of rule of President Leonid Kuchma, who was the President of Ukraine from 1994 to 2004. Kuchism was a result of old Soviet era officials and regional criminal elites merging together and is one of many post-Soviet regimes. The term was coined by the organization "Pora! (black)" (It's time!) in the late March, 2004.

Some of its main features include:
 * Concentration of power in the hands of a single financial-multiparty corporation.
 * Union of legislative, executive and judicial power as an integral mechanism of control over society and guaranteeing the permanence of the regime with the help of "power structures" not controlled by the public.
 * High levels of corruption and the power of various [[File:Oligarchy.png]] oligarchic clans, but mainly from Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro) and Donetsk.

It's also important to know that during Kuchma's presidency Pavlo Lazarenko, who was later charged with money laundering and extortion was the Prime Minister from 1996 to 1997.

During the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych (2010-2014), some forms of Kuchmism can be seen again, however Donetsk clan had more power. Following the Revolution of Dignity (or Euromaidan), on February 21, 2014, he fled the country.

The majority of corrupt politicians in the country have extremely close ties with Russia. High levels of corruption are still visible to this day.

Party of Regions and the parties that formed shortly after its disbandment in 2014, ilike Opposition Bloc, Opposition Platform - For Life, Our Land, Revival and Nashi, all classify themselves as social liberal but are almost always authoritarian, kleptocratic and oligarchic in nature.

These parties have the following charachteristics:
 * [[File:Anti-LGBT.png]] Anti-LGBT
 * [[File:Antiwest.png]] Anti-Western and Anti-NATO rhetoric
 * [[File:Authoritarian_Conservatism.png]] Authoritarian Conservatism
 * [[File:Euroscept.png]] Euroscepticism
 * [[File:Orth.png]] Loyalty to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Pathriarchate)
 * [[File:Ukrainophobe.png]] Ukrainophobia
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russophilia
 * [[File:Socauth.png]] Social Liberalism
 * [[File:Bolshevism_ball.png]] Soviet Nostalgia

[[File:Cball-China.png]] China [[File:Dengf.png]][[File:Jiang_Tze-min.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Serbia.png]] Serbia [[File:Milosevic.png]][[File:SNS(Serbia).png]]
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[[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Romania [[File:PSD.png]]
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[[File:Cball-France.png]] France [[File:Le_republic.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy [[File:Berlusconi.png]]
Notable Italian example of Kleptocracy is the where he would hand out governmental power hold of power by Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi where he was found to have abused his position through Bribery, Defamation, and Soliciting minors.

[[File:Cball-US.png]] The United States [[File:Plutocrat.png]][[File:Necon.png]][[File:Nixon.png]]
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[[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Mexico
In Mexico, kleptocracy is followed by Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). PRI was founded by Plutarco Elias Calles in 1929 with the intention of creating a one-party state which lasted from 1929 to 2000. PRI made a brief comeback in 2012 to 2018 under Enrique Pena Neto, but he was was not succeded by another PRI leader, since the electoral system by that point was more fair.

[[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazil
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[[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Peru [[File:Fujimori.png]]
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[[File:Argentina.png]] Argentina [[File:Pron.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Tunisia.png]] Tunisia [[File:BenAli.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Lebanon.png]] Lebanon
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[[File:Cball-Iraq.png]] Iraq
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[[File:Cball-Afghanistan.png]] Afghanistan
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[[File:Cball-South Africa.png]] South Africa [[File:ANC-icon.png]]
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[[File:Cball-South_Korea.png]] South Korea [[File:SyngmanRhee.png]][[File:Saenuri.png]]
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[[File:Thailand.png]] Thailand [[File:Chakri.png]] [[File:Thaksin.png]] [[File:PalangPracharat.png]]
Thaksin Shinawatra: Thaksin was accused of "policy corruption", such as infrastructure and liberalisation policies that, while legal "...abuse the public's interest,..." Supannee Chai-amporn and Sirinthip Arun-rue of the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) claimed that policy corruption caused the state to spend 5 to 30 percent more than it otherwise should have spent, costing the state an additional 400 billion baht. Thaksin critics point to more examples of corruption: the Thailand Board of Investment's (BOI) granting tax breaks worth a total of 16.4 billion baht to Shin Satellite for its iPSTAR project in 2003, and the Transport Ministry's decision the same year to abolish the minimum air fare of 3.8 baht per kilometre when Shin Corporation was about to consummate a joint venture with low-cost carrier AirAsia. After the 2006 coup, the military junta-appointed Assets Examination Committee froze Thaksin's assets based on charges of policy corruption.

Phrayut Chan-o-cha: Although Prayut claimed the 2014 coup was needed to combat corruption, some members of his own cabinet and members of the appointed national legislature, including his brother Preecha Chan-o-cha and Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister M.L. Panadda Diskul, have themselves been beset by various corruption scandals. However, the Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission concluded that Panadda was not involved in the alleged case. Prayut then prohibited any criticism of his government. In February 2015 he explained, "If people want to do opinion polls, they are free to do so. But if the polls oppose the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), that is not allowed."

[[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] The Philippines [[File:Marcos.png]]
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[[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Malaysia [[File:Mahathir.png]][[File:NajibRazak.png]]

 * [[File:Mahathir.png]] Mahathir Mohamad: During Mahathir's era in the 1980s-2000s, several scandals from BNM Forex Scandal, Perwaja Steel and Bank Bumiputra has erupted. RM31.5 billion worth of losses had been incurred by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) in its foreign exchange (forex) losses between 1992 and 1994. The Bank Bumiputra scandal was one of Malaysia’s biggest financial scandals before 1MDB. The bank lost $1billion in public funds to an elaborate scheme of corruption, false accounting and sham profits. The main mastermind behind this web of deceit was a civil engineer by the name of George Tan, who had fled Singapore after his first bankruptcy in 1972, and ended up in Hong Kong.
 * [[File:NajibRazak.png]] Najib Razak: 1MDB scandal was a large corruption, bribery and money laundering scandal which began in 2009 in Malaysia but became global in scope and was exposed in 2015. It was as described as "one of the world's greatest financial scandals" and declared by the United States Department of Justice as the "largest kleptocracy case to date" in 2016. In 2015, Malaysia's then-Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused of channelling over RM 2.67 billion (approximately US$700 million) into his personal bank accounts from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a government-run strategic development company masterminded by Low Taek Jho. The court ruling declared that Najib was found guilty for using the said funds for corporate social responsibility (CSR), contray to populr belief. Currently he was appealing to the Federal Court as new evidence for the 1MDB case emerged, which involved the former minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop, former Governor of the Central Bank of Malaysia Zeti Akhtar Aziz and her husband, Tawfiq Ayman

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Personality
Kleptocracy is immensely shady and will do almost anything to get as much money and power as possible. Unlike the libertarian right ideologies, he openly advocates for an  authoritarian state to preserve his power with minor concessions to the people to keep them satisfied, whether this be appeals to social conservatism or liberal welfare with a lot of red tape. In essence, he is portrayed as offering protection solely if there are huge clauses attached, not unlike a gangster offering protection, hence him being portrayed as a prisoner.

How to Draw
Klept_flag.svg Kleptocracy's design is based on the stereotypical striped prisoner outfit.
 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) On the ball draw a hat
 * 3) On the ball draw a number of vertical alternating black bars
 * 4) On the hat draw a number of horizontal alternating black bars
 * 5) Add the eyes and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File: Authcap.png]] Authoritarian Capitalism - Wanna drill oil?
 * [[File: Corp.png]] Corporatocracy - My #1 business partner.
 * [[File: Strato.png]] Stratocracy - Who's a good boy? You are!
 * [[File:Bankocracy.png]] Bankocracy - Why rob banks when you OWN the banks? So I can rob 'em too!
 * [[File:Krater.png]] Kraterocracy - Taking what's yours. I like the way you work.
 * [[File:Illeg.png]] Illegalism - Literally me!!!
 * [[File:Oligarchy.png]] Oligarchy - The only form of government that actually exists! We usually work together!
 * [[File:Auto.png]] Autocracy - The only other form of government that exists! We work great in Belarus.
 * [[File:Plutocrat.png]] Plutocracy - Most rich people are criminals, and that's based.
 * [[File:PolState.png]] Police Statism - As long as I'm in power, they'll do whatever I say.
 * [[File:Abmon.png]] Absolute Monarchism - Henry VIII was epic ngl.
 * [[File:Mach.png]] Machiavellianism - Corruption is a tool of power.
 * [[File:Dengf.png]] Dengism - Jiang Zemin was the one of best politicians of the 21st century. And I like making pancakes with Xi.

Frenemies

 * [[File: Cap.png]] Capitalism - I'm not a "crony capitalist" or a "criminal"! You're just an old fashioned dumbass.
 * [[File: Property.png]] Propertarianism - What I own is mine and what you own is also mine, so give me protection money bitch!
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - You tried to stop me but you failed. (Thanks for selling me all your stuff moron!)
 * [[File: Mediastocracy flair.png]] Mediacracy - Take this money and praise me, but if you try to criticize me, I'll have you thrown out of the balcony.
 * [[file:Trumpism.png]] Trumpism - Apparently he's gay for me, but yet he still continues the sanctions here in Russia.
 * [[File:Euras.png]] Fourth Theory - Supports me in Russia for some reason but he hates me everywhere else.
 * [[File:Pop.png]] Populism - Hehe, some people are stupid enough to believe his nonsense. He's not even noticing that he's getting me into power. What a fool.
 * [[File:Ochlo.png]] Ochlocracy Same as above, you're the one that always want this "mob rule" thing. So there you have it! You now got the "mob rule" you want! Now stop complaining.
 * [[File:Antifa.png]] Anti-Fascism - Some people are that stupid to swallow his insanity. Still, at least you do crime.

Enemies

 * [[File:Fash.png]] Fascism - This bastard sent his Black Shirts to destroy me, but the mafia won in the end. (Also what the hell kinda brainwashing did you do to your men where they would rather die than betray you?)
 * [[File:Arist.png]] Aristocracy - For fuck's sake, your "honorable" ancestor was probably just a scumbag like me.
 * [[File: Authdem.png]] Authoritarian Democracy - Nobody is incorruptible. Even you can be bought. What's the price?
 * [[File: Dem.png]] Democracy - Sorry to burst your bubble but this ideology doesn't exist.
 * [[File:Krit.png]] Kritarchy - Bitter internal enemy immune to bribery and my bane of existence.
 * [[File: Stalin.png]] Stalinism - Fuck you, I'm never going back to a gulag ever again! Still, your robbery of a bank in 1907 was based.
 * [[File:Libertarian.png]] Libertarianism - This moron thinks monopolies are a bad thing.
 * [[File:Zapa.png]] Neozapatismo - Viva PRI!
 * [[File: Long.png]] Longism - Share the wealth? NEVER!
 * [[File:Ancap-0.png]] Anarcho-Capitalism - What do you mean every government is criminal... only me.
 * [[File:Ike.png]] Eisenhowerism - This moron thought that the military–industrial complex is a bad thing.
 * [[File:Male_State.png]] Male State - I'll designate you as a extremist for attempting radical information warfare against the current government, despite you embrace Russian Nationalism.
 * [[File:Nalib.png]] National Liberalism [[File:RussiaOfTheFuture.png]] - *bonk* Go to jail, Navalny.

In general:
 * All [[File:Libright-yellow.png]] Libertarian Right ideologies - dA gUbRmInT iZ kRiMnUlL oRgAnIz - Always has been...
 * All [[File: Libleft.png]] Libertarian Left ideologies - They're even worse than LibRights and I'm their worst nightmare.
 * Any ideology that is hard on crime or goes against wealth hoarding.

Literature

 * Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein
 * The Struggle for Russia by [[File:Yeltsin.png]] Boris Yeltsin
 * Putinism: the Ideology by [[File:Necon.png]] Anne Applebaum

Wikipedia

 * Kleptocracy
 * Anocracy
 * Mafia State
 * Crony Capitalism
 * Nepotism
 * Slush fund
 * Dark money
 * Corruption in Italy
 * Corruption in Iran
 * Corruption in China
 * Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
 * Political dynasties in the Philippines
 * Pandora Papers
 * Padrino System
 * Spoils System
 * Kowloon Walled City

People

 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Boris Yeltsin [[File:Yeltsin.png]]
 * [[File:Yeltsin.png]] Yeltsinism
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Vladimir Putin [[File:United Russia.png]]
 * [[File:Putin.png]] Putinism
 * [[File:Cball-Kazakhstan.png]] Nursultan Nazarbayev
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Leonid Kuchma [[File:Kuchma.png]]
 * Kuchmism (in Ukrainian)
 * Dnipropetrovs'k clan (in Ukrainian)
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Pavlo Lazarenko
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Viktor Yanukovych [[File:Partyofregions.png]]
 * Yanukovych "family" (in Ukrainian)
 * Donetsk clan (in Ukrainian)
 * [[File:Cball-Uzbekistan.png]] Islam Karimov
 * [[File:Cball-Tajikistan.png]] Emomali Rahmon
 * [[File:Cball-Turkmenistan.png]] Saparmurat Niyazov [[File:Niyazov.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Turkmenistan.png]] Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow [[File:Niyazov.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Armenia.png]] Serzh Sargsyan
 * [[File:Cball-Azerbaijan.png]] Ilham Aliyev [[File:YAP(Azerbaijan).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-RepublicOfCuba.png]] Fulgencio Batista [[File:Batista.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-DRCongo.png]] Mobutu Sese Seko [[File:Mobutism.png]]
 * [[File:Mobutism.png]] Mobutism [[File:MobutuSeseSeko.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]] Ferdinand Marcos [[File:Marcos.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Philippines.png]]Joseph Estrada
 * [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Mahathir Mohamad [[File:Mahathir.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Najib Razak [[File:UMNO.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Ahmad Zahid Hamidi [[File:UMNO.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Malaysia.png]] Tengku Zafrul Aziz [[File:Bankocracy.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Indonesia.png]] Suharto [[File:Suharto.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Ulysses S. Grant [[File:Grant.png]]
 * [[File:Grant.png]] Grantism
 * Stalwarts
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Warren G. Harding
 * Teapot Dome Scandal
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Albert B. Fall
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Richard Nixon [[File:Nixon.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Spiro Agnew
 * [[File:Cball-Haiti.png]] Jean-Claude Duvalier [[File:Duvalier.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Panama.png]] Manuel Noriega [[File:Noriega.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Nicaragua.png]] Arnoldo Alemán
 * [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]]Chiang Kai-shek [[File:3princ.png]]
 * [[File:Gaddafi.png]] Muammar Gaddafi
 * [[File:Cball-Nigeria.png]] Sani Abacha
 * [[File:Cball-Zimbabwe.png]] Robert Mugabe [[File:Mug.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-South Africa.png]] Jacob Zuma
 * [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Alberto Fujimori [[File:Fujimori.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Keiko Fujimori [[File:KeikoFujimori.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Serbia.png]] Slobodan Milošević
 * [[File:Cball-Montenegro.png]] Milo Đukanović [[File:DPS.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-China.png]] Jiang Zemin [[File:Jiang Tze-min.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-China.png]] Bo Xilai
 * [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Chen Shui-bian
 * [[File:Thailand.png]] Prayuth Chan-o-Cha [[File:PalangPracharat.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Egypt.png]] Hosni Mubarak [[File:NDP(Egypt).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Silvio Berlusconi [[File:Berlusconi.png]]
 * [[File:Argentina.png]] Carlos Menem [[File:Pron.png]]
 * [[File:Argentina.png]] Cristina Kirchner
 * [[File:Cball-Bulgaria.png]] Boyko Borisov
 * [[File:Cball-South Korea.png]] Park Geun-hye [[File:Saenuri.png]]
 * [[File:Zio.png]] Benjamin Netanyahu
 * [[File:Cball-Serbia.png]] Aleksandar Vučić [[File:SNS(Serbia).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Liviu Dragnea
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Michel Temer
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Plutarco Elías Calles
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Carlos Salinas de Gortari
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Felipe Calderón
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Enrique Peña Nieto
 * [[File:Cball-IRAfghanistan.png]]Ashraf Ghani [[File:Ghani.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Sudan.png]] Omar al-Bashir [[File:NCP(Sudan).png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Ecuador.png]] Abdalá Bucaram
 * [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] Andrej Babiš
 * [[file:Cball-Poland.png]] Marcin Plichta
 * [[file:Amber-Gold.png]] Amber Gold
 * [[file:OLT.png]] OLT Express
 * [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] Ricardo Lagos
 * [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] Franco Parisi [[File:PDGChile.png]]
 * [[file:Cball-Gambia.png]] Yahya Jammeh
 * [[File:Cball-Finland.png]] Ano Turtiainen
 * [[File:NeoBingo.png]] Carpfam

Political Parties

 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] United Russia [[File:United Russia.png]]
 * [[File:Thailand.png]]Palang Pracharat Party (People's State Power Party) [[File:PalangPracharat.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Party of Regions [[File:Partyofregions.png]]
 * [[File:Oppobloc.png]] Opposition Bloc
 * [[File:Oppoplatforlife.png]] Opposition Platform — For Life
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Party of Sharii [[File:Sharii.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-RepublicOfCuba.png]] Progressive Action Party [[File:Batista.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Forza Italia [[File:Berlusconi.png]]
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Institutional Revolutionary Party
 * [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Popular Force [[File:Fujimori.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Turkmenistan.png]] Democratic Party of Turkmenistan [[File:Niyazov.png]]
 * [[File:Mobutism.png]] Popular Movement of the Revolution
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazilian Democratic Movement
 * [[File:Cball-Ecuador.png]] Ecuatorian Rodoldista Party
 * [[File:Cball-Finland.png]] Power Belongs to the People

Media

 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] RT [[File:RT.png]]
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Televisa

Articles

 * On kleptocracy
 * The Rise of Kleptocracy: Laundering Cash, Whitewashing Reputations
 * The Origins of Modern Kleptocracy
 * Global Kleptocracy
 * This Is How Kleptocracies Work

Gallery
Kleptokracja