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David Szakonyi

@dszakonyi

Researching corruption in Russia and dirty money in the West. Assoc professor, @GWtweets ; co-founder, ACDC @acdatacollectiv, writing book on technocrats

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We at Anti-Corruption Data Collective have a new piece at #GI_ACE arguing for more collaboration between academics and journalists Leaked datasets offer so much potential for holding kleptocrats accountable. We’re trying to get that data shared more widely giace.org/academics-aren…

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In 2024, three prominent American politicians were caught up in foreign bribery and influence scandals. In each case, foreign authoritarian governments allegedly sought to bend the US government to serve their interests - rather than those of the American people. đź§µ

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Elon Musk Community Notes I am a sociologist who knows the Ukrainian polling industry and studies Ukrainian society. Taught at Northwestern, was visiting at NYU, live in Ukraine. Love data and facts. Ask me anything on this topic. Will give you my honest opinions and best knowledge from the ground

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ICYMI: Air Force General had five inappropriate (sexual) relationships with women on Capitol Hill, including a US Senator. Relationships included exchange of naked photos and sexting influential women he used to help lobby for more money for the USAF. propublica.org/article/joni-e…

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A Russian national (who left the country after Feb 2022) currently works at the Harvard Medical School. When she returned from a trip to France, her visa was revoked and she was threatened with deportation to Russia (!!) 1/

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Incredible line-up at this year's Russia Program event at GWU, April 18 here in DC I'll be there debuting some work from my new book on technocrats Details and RSVP here 👇 The Russia Program therussiaprogram.org/conference_2025

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On this map of the Arctic, you can clearly see what Europe risks if Russia and the US succeed in carving out a “deal” over the region - sidestepping Ukraine issues entirely. As we write in ECFR brief with Joanna Hosa, the EU could find itself trapped between two imperial agendas

On this map of the Arctic, you can clearly see what Europe risks if Russia and the US succeed in carving out a “deal” over the region - sidestepping Ukraine issues entirely. As we write in <a href="/ecfr/">ECFR</a> brief with <a href="/joannahosa/">Joanna Hosa</a>, the EU could find itself trapped between two imperial agendas
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The Nathan Fielder Rehearsal victory lap continues with him on CNN right now reacting to the FAA statement provided to CNN "That's dumb. They're dumb."

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It was painful to write an obituary, from an academic's perspective, for one of Russia's most important civil society organizations - Golos The Moscow Times themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/11/why…