This is how you
undermine Russia.
Without firing a shot. Russia exports oil but cannot refine it alone. Its army runs on chemicals, components, and capital it cannot make for itself. We find those dependencies, and we name the firms that sell them to Moscow.
You do not need a war to set back a war machine.
Russia depends on the West
It pumps crude but cannot turn it into fuel without catalysts and additives produced at scale by only a handful of firms worldwide. Almost none of them are Russian.
We find the chokepoints
Treating sanctions evasion as the money laundering it is, we trace each dependency node by node — to the producer, the trader, and the shell company in between.
That becomes leverage
Every named enabler is a discrete target for sanctions and enforcement. Pressure that costs no soldiers, and that the Kremlin cannot counter at scale.
Your donation funds more of it.
Your gift goes directly to the analysts, attorneys, and open-source investigators who map these supply chains and name the next target. Every dollar funds research the Kremlin cannot counter at scale and the West cannot do without.
A program of Anti-Corruption Action, a Virginia 501(c)(3). Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Named producers. Real enforcement targets.
In our latest study we mapped Russia's oil-refining and lubricant chain and found it leans on catalysts and additives made by only a handful of firms worldwide. We name those firms, and the traders and shell companies between them, so each one becomes a target for sanctions and enforcement.
When Newsweek revealed that an Indian conglomerate had shipped half a million kilograms of refinery catalysts to Russia, the investigation drew on data shared with The Dekleptocracy Project and our translation of Russia's priority chemicals list.
The questions behind the question.
- Does cutting these supplies really hurt Russia's war effort?
- Russia can pump crude but cannot refine it or run much of its military industry without inputs it does not make. When a small number of foreign suppliers provide those inputs, naming them creates a clear target for sanctions and enforcement.
- How is this different from giving to a relief charity?
- Relief helps people endure the war. This work aims to shorten it, by removing the inputs Russia cannot replace, without putting anyone in the field.
- Is my donation tax deductible?
- Yes. The Dekleptocracy Project is a program of Anti-Corruption Action, a Virginia 501(c)(3), so gifts are deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.
- Where does my money go?
- To the analysts, attorneys, and open-source investigators who map the chains and identify the next enforcement target.
Fund the research that undermines Russia.
The cheapest leverage the West has is knowing exactly what Russia cannot replace. Help us find the next chokepoint.
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