China increases internal supervision of the elite, Russia shuts down rail service to Latvia over a corruption related arrest, and signals of panic can be heard in the Kremlin

The U.S. Justice Department freezes $300 million worth of proceeds from a Russian and Uzbek telecom scheme, a Chinese executive at Alibaba Group is detained on corruption charges involving a previous video business, and a banker connected to Putin flees London in fear for his life

The US targets Irish bank accounts linked to Russian-Uzbek telecoms deals, corrupt Chinese officials take advantage of Australia’s hesitation to extradite, and Moscow examines the legality of the Baltic states’ independence

China anti-corruption czar Wang Qishan sends monitoring teams to key CCP organizations, Russia bans prominent Finnish investor from entering the country on suspicions of spying, and UK grants assylum to Russian dissident and Navalny ally Vladimir Ashurkov