Oligarchs and Kleptocrats: Russian Business through Western eyes

... corporations. The perception of risk spawns behavioral responses, which in turn have secondary impacts on business, including stigmatization, loss of sales, regulatory constraints, litigation and investor flight [1] . This is relevant to Russia because Western perceptions of Russian business are predominantly concerned with risk. Whenever Russian business is discussed in Western media, the reportage is tinctured with fear and threat. Russian business is ascribed with notions of corruption, criminality or dark political intent....