It was a beautiful object... black, mysterious, incorruptible.

A screenshot of Bribr's Facebook page, featuring the most appropriate Russian currency for bribes fake 0 ruble bills.

Others state that there is no democratic value in freeing them from their voters' influence, and that such freedom would expose them to bribery and such.

International peace, development and justice cannot prevail if the trade and the economy of individual nations are contaminated by illicit activities, if the wealth of nations is siphoned off via fraud and corruption, if bribery is allowed to undermine the law and if terrorists are permitted to hijack national policies.