The world
has noticed.
The Dekleptocracy Project's research on Russia's supply-chain vulnerabilities has been covered internationally and acted upon by enforcement bodies across allied nations.
In the press.
West is missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia's war machine
Western governments are failing to impose targeted sanctions on little-known industrial chemicals and components that Russia's military depends on but cannot produce domestically — a gap that anti-corruption researchers say represents a significant missed opportunity to degrade Russia's war capacity without escalation.
US imposes sanctions on companies, vessels linked to Arctic LNG 2
The United States imposed sanctions on a series of companies and vessels connected to Russia's Arctic LNG 2 project, in a move consistent with research identifying the project as a key node in Russia's efforts to generate hard currency for its war machine.
Why the research matters.
Russia cannot produce the basic technology its own war machine depends on. It has to buy it from the West. The Dekleptocracy Project applies anti-corruption methodology to trace those supply chains — naming the producers, intermediaries, and trading firms through which restricted goods flow to Moscow.
Our most recent published study, Vulnerabilities in the Russian Chemical Industry, traced the dependencies node by node. It was delivered directly to multiple Western governments before its public release. Subsequent enforcement actions have been consistent with the findings.
The October 2026 campaign extends this methodology beyond chemistry and will result in coordinated legal filings across dozens of jurisdictions on the same day.
Violating sanctions is, in practice, money laundering. Money laundering is something we are very good at finding.— Dekleptocracy Project
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