With every passing week we have new evidence of the threat that Vladimir Putin’s kleptocracy poses to our democracy, our national security, and the entire liberal world order. Putin’s regime—something akin to an organized crime ring masquerading as a state—has looted the wealth of Russia, subjugated its people, attacked neighboring former republics of the USSR, annexed Crimea, and hacked the electoral process in the United States and other Western democracies.Ill-gotten Russian wealth—in the tens of billions of dollars—has been pouring into the banking systems and property markets of Europe and the U.S., corrupting and distorting our own institutions. With the …read more
Source: The American Interest
