| the party of crooks and thieves | партия жуликов и воров (United Russia has come in for criticism that it is "the party of crooks and thieves" (a term coined by activist Alexey Navalny), due to the continuing prevalence of corruption in Russia. wiki. Journalist Oleg Kashin read out a letter from Alexei Navalny, the jailed anti-corruption blogger whose term for United Russia, "the party of crooks and thieves," has become the much-used slogan of the movement. TMT Alexander Demidov) |
