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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by axus on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:21PM (#48821536)
Russia is even tougher on corrupt oligarchs
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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by malfist on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:46PM (#48821882)
No, Russia is tough on oligarchs that split from Putin. There is no non-corrupt oligarch.
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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by zamadatix on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:12PM (#48822273)
I think they are meaning "the measure seems meaningless as it would imply Russia is even tougher on corruption" rather than "Russian leadership cares deeply about corruption".

It's a risky play to try to communicate over the internet to a bunch of us literalist nerds :p.

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Re:China sentences official to death for taking $325M in bribes by Sammi on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:57PM (#48822043)
Yes and that's also exactly how Xi deals with illoyal people in China - just accuse them of "corruption". It's the authoritarian playbook.
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