Kleptocracy Daily - July 1, 2016

The EU has formally extended sanctions against Russia until December 2017.

Anders Åslund says combating illicit financial flows and rooting out corruption are matters of national security for Europe.

Endemic corruption and stalled reforms have given Western leaders “Ukraine fatigue,” according to Sergii Leshchenko.

U.S. prosecutors have linked Chinese officials to a UN bribery case.

The Financial Action Task Force has slightly improved its assessment of Iran’s banking system.