Nate Sibley
@NateSibley
Fellow @HudsonInstitute | Director @KleptocracyIntv | AML/CFT, sanctions, national security | 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Putin gambled that Russia’s war economy would outlast Western resolve. He is very close to being wrong. Now is the time for maximum pressure sanctions.
From today’s Russian newspapers: ▪️“Economy on the verge of recession” ▪️“Beetroot prices up 58% this year” ▪️“Petrol prices to rise” Plus, how the Russian government paper is covering the street protests in Ukraine. #ReadingRussia
Just find Jho Low’s missing billions and you can do much more for Malaysian people. Or you can allow him to live a life of luxury in his Shanghai mansion. Jho Low is not some myth. His theft is a concrete reason Malaysians feel the cost of living.
Malaysia PM announces cash aid, fuel price cut to address rising living costs reut.rs/4o2wuJh
#China’s criminal regime is arming some of the world’s other mass murderers, particularly facilitating #VladimirPutin’s illegal war in #Ukraine and #Myanmar’s illegal junta It is complicit in these wars and must be held accountable for its crimes telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🖼️A Bipartisan Bill to Stop #ArtCrime: The Art Market Integrity Act The newly released legislative proposal is essential to protect national security, economic integrity, and American businesses. → theantiquitiescoalition.org/congress-takes…
1/24 The 1MDB scandal cost Malaysia an estimated ~$18 BILLION. 🤯 Yes, $18,000,000,000 – far above the ~$4.5B initially identified as stolen. New internal figures reveal how fugitive playboy financier Jho Low's mega-fraud inflicted such damage… 🧵
9/24 Kleptocracy is the worst kind of theft – it steals a future you didn't even know was taken. You can't see the hospital that wasn't built or the scholarships that never materialized. Can you imagine what $18B could have built for Malaysia?
Finra, Wall Street’s self-regulator, is probing Morgan Stanley over its wealth management services for clients from countries known for corruption and drug trafficking. wsj.com/finance/regula…
Jho Low is the world’s master fraudster but he remains free, living in this Shanghai mansion and operating under a false Aussie passport. We reveal how he remains useful to the Chinese government: youtube.com/live/3H3C7I3n9…
Iranians tonight, chanting that water, electricity and life are their right. The regime’s corruption and mismanagement of resources has led to this catastrophe.
مردم در سبزواز امشب شعار دادند: آب، برق، زندگی حق مسلم ماست.
Zelensky didn’t deserve his February dressing-down in the Oval Office. He does deserve one now and I hope @POTUS gives it to him. Does he seriously think US and EU taxpayers aren’t going to notice him gutting anti-corruption safeguards that prevent their funds from being stolen?
The organizer of tonight's protest is calling for another tomorrow in Kyiv. Ukraine's civil society, known for being vocal and resilient, is making itself heard. Even in wartime, when many have held back criticism for the sake of unity, there's a growing feeling that calls for…
Київ, приходьте завтра знову, 20:00 біля театру Франка
As Kremlin propagandists sharpen knives, important to recognize Ukraine’s progress Ukrainians fought hard to create an anti-corruption framework internationally admired as an example of institution building and innovation That’s why Zelensky’s grab is brazen, foolish—and doomed
.@POTUS must inform @ZelenskyyUa that the dismantling of anti-corruption safeguards in Ukraine is unacceptable Ukrainians will not accept assistance intended for their defense being stolen by their leaders As Trump has made clear, US taxpayers will not be made fools of either
To be clear: it was not the Rada, this was not good tsar, bad boyars – it was Zelensky and Yermak who organized this and pushed it through. Orders came from the office of the president last night and the law enforcement committee passed it early morning in such great haste that…
The Rada has made a huge mistake. President @ZelenskyyUa still has the chance to fix it now and must do so urgently.
Ukraine lost its independence in the past because of strife and division at home. The sudden law to dismantle independent anti-corruption bodies, if signed by Zelensky, has the potential to spark the country’s first political crisis since the war began — and to prompt some…
Zelensky in 2019, shortly after being elected – and still active on his Facebook page: "We will never overcome corruption if you keep turning a blind eye to it. Are you being asked for a bribe? Being offered a 'kickback'? Please, don't stay silent! Contact the NABU hotline – 0…
I believe this is the first viral public call for an antigovernment protest in Kyiv since the start of Russia's full-scale war. And it's from a soldier: "Friends, let's gather for the action and defend what we've built over the last decade. We're meeting at 20:00 on the square…
Друзі, давайте збиратися на акцію та відстоювати те, що ми будували за останнє десятиліття. Збираємося о 20.00 на площі біля театру імені Івана Франка. Це найближче доступне місце до Офісу Президента. Тому сподіваюся, що нас буде видно з їхніх вікон. Мені, як ветерану важливо,…