The Leaders Of Corrupt Countries Have Strikingly Similar Ideologies

How and why lofty ideologies cohabit with rampant corruption Casual observers of Russian politics could be forgiven for feeling confused. On the one hand Vladimir Putin, the president, portrays himself as the helmsman of a hallowed civilisation and a moral bulwark against the metrosexual West; on the other, his cronies seem constantly to be pillaging the country. The news seems to divide between ideological (and military) grandstanding and allegations of graft. Russia's government is not unique ...