Beijing protests Iran sanctions designations / Deutsche Bank says sorry / Is Putin a killer?

Peter Podkopaev looks at the various estimates of the Russian leader’s wealth - and why they probably come up short.

How should the U.S. respond to Russian interference in its elections?

Don’t be fooled: The Kremlin remains addicted to kleptocracy, says Peter Podkopaev.

Manhattan real estate rife with dirty money, the West’s misguided Putin policy, and Syria provides illicit enrichment opportunities

Ukraine oligarchs’ overseas donations, Shokin investigated by NABU, and China prosecutes statistics chief and serving general

Ilya Zaslavskiy talks Putin’s kleptocracy and KI at the Spy Museum, Biden affirms U.S. support for NATO in Baltics, and Poroshenko praises military on Ukraine’s Independence Day

Paul Manafort resigns from Trump’s presidential campaign following scrutiny of his links to the pro-Kremlin Yanukovich regime

All the leading stories on kleptocracies and their “enablers.”

Manafort accused of illicit payments and fomenting chaos in Ukraine, China cracks down on illegal capital flight, and Malta sells passports to super-rich