From the article &gt; &quot;We&#x27;ve seen him enriching his friends, his close allies, and marginalising those who he doesn&#x27;t view as friends using state assets. Whether that&#x27;s Russia&#x27;s energy wealth, whether it&#x27;s other state contracts, he directs those to whom he believes will serve him and excludes those who don&#x27;t. To me, that is a picture of corruption.&quot;