But it's also a coolly devastating indictment of corruption that permeates every level of Russian society, from local government to the Orthodox church.
Now it seems that old practices die hard, and that they have infected parts of the PD like a cancer.The devastating impact of corruption allegations on the opposition was highlighted in mid-December, when Mr Berlusconi's party swept to victory in an election in Abruzzo.
The review of investment strategy in the oil, gas and mining sectors grew out of a fierce debate over whether the development of those industries could consistently help countries alleviate chronic poverty, or would instead fuel a devastating cycle of corruption and conflict.
The find would later devastate communities, fuelling corruption, wrecking the environment and breeding armed militancy and gangsterism on Nigeria's southern shores.
Devastated by war, corruption and disease, people in sub-Saharan Africa live less well today than they did in the 1960's, and aid donors have to share the blame, the World Bank said in a comprehensive study issued today.
A13 Assessing Decline in Africa A World Bank report said people in sub-Saharan Africa were living less well than they did in the 1960's, having been devastated by war, corruption and disease.
Another woman wondered whether sit-ins worked better than marches in emphasizing the myriad problems faced in a nation devastated by poverty, corruption and crime.
Straw spearheaded a campaign to trace the missing millions and said the results of the official's corruption had been "devastating" for Blackburn.
Plea-bargaining testimony by Odebrecht management, including Marcelo Odebrecht, the company's CEO who earlier this month was sentenced to a 19-year jail term for corruption, could prove devastating to the embattled administration of President Dilma Rousseff.
