In the same vein, especially post-Citizens United, #MoscowMitch and others can "advocate" for companies that can funnel millions their way without needing to bother pandering to a pesky and fragmented constituency. One stop corruption. It's awesome!
Resource and extraction industries love autocrats. Buy off one guy, get access to all of that country's resources. You don't have to deal with convincing a whole populace (1/2)
Only thing I can say is that by not raking its forests, Australia brought this upon itself. Rake your damn forests, people. Finland rakes its forests, no fires there!