| Then the country's emergent civil society collapsed beneath post-communist repression and the kleptocracy of regional robber barons. |
| This kleptocracy is safeguarded by repression and by the cooptation of an aspiring trade bourgeoisie. |
| But, as we have seen with Russia, if the ethical basis of free markets degenerates sufficiently, all that we have left is a form of kleptocracy. |
| If a European referendum is held, it will be time to settle accounts with the EU kleptocracy. |
| Some of its more hot-headed adversaries claim, it signifies the rise of a global kleptocracy. |
| The tycoon turned to Facebook to declare war on Mr Rahmon's kleptocracy, launching biting broadsides but never mounting a serious challenge. |
