Corruption, Sanctions and Putin's War Regime

About this episode

Leonid Volkov discusses the role of corruption in Putin's Russia and the impact of sanctions.

In this episode, we hear from Leonid Volkov, who spoke at the 2022 TRACE London Forum. Leonid, former Chief of Staff to Alexei Navalny and current Political Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF), discussed the role of corruption in Putin's Russia, as well as the impact of sanctions and the toll that rampant corruption is taking on the country. This episode was originally published on 5 October 2022.

People in this episode

Guest: Leonid Volkov

Topics covered

• corruption
• sanctions
• Putin
• Russia

Keywords

• Anti-Corruption Foundation
• TRACE London Forum
• Alexei Navalny

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Russia

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