Tom Mayne

Research Fellow, University of Exeter; anti-corruption and Central Asia expert

[Tom Mayne @TomMayne16]

@l_seiitbek They say Zelensky’s wife bought all these jewels from Cartier. But for some reasons Yakunin’s wife had a special room in their mansion just for fur coats.

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

@TomMayne16 @oliverbullough and I will be discussing @OUPAcademic #IndulgingKleptocracy on 3 April at the Oxford Literary Festival. Join Us to discuss kleptocracy, enabling, and the changing world!

We'll miss you @tenaprelec!

https://t.co/n8I8Lki1jX

[APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax @APPGCorruption]

Great to welcome the authors of 'Indulging Kleptocracy, and How to Stop It', @HeathershawJ, @tenaprelec, and @TomMayne16

Chair @JoePowell, the authors and @EndCorruptionUK @susanpjhawley discussed how UK businesses enable the looting of post-Soviet states and how we can stop it

[Tena Prelec @tenaprelec]

What a night at @frontlineclub. So many people who have inspired, supported and informed our work on Indulging Kleptocracy in many ways. The biggest thank you goes to the wonderful @OliverBullough, who wrote a cracking preface…

[Joe Powell MP @josephpowell]

I had the honour of chairing a panel with authors @tenaprelec @HeathershawJ and @TomMayne16 on their new book ‘Indulging Kleptocracy’ for a @taxinparliament event.

This is an important piece of work about the role professional enablers in aiding and abetting kleptocracy and the policy change needed to hold enablers and institutions accountable – and as we heard from @susanpjhawley getting smart regulation right will boost growth and give business certainty.

[Alex Zur-Clark @AlexZurClark]

Full house for the APPG @taxinparliament event in Parliament this evening, Chaired by @josephpowell MP, with @susanhawley of @EndCorruptionUK, @HeathershawJ, @TomMayne16, @tenaprelec & @Phil_Brickell MP

#Democracy

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

It's out today!
Our @tenaprelec @TomMayne16 @OUPAcademic book, Indulging Kleptocracy.
Foreword by @OliverBullough.
The UK’s indulgence of kleptocratic elites from Russia and Eurasia is an acute example of the phenomenon of professional enabling.
https://t.co/wqfIu3j9T2

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

How is a book published in 2025 one of the @ForeignAffairs best books of 2024?

That must be why "Indulging Kleptocracy" by @TomMayne16 @tenaprelec and me has sold fewer than those by @RoryStewartUK and @anneapplebaum 🤥

But I'm not complaining!

https://t.co/ZuLqi5YoCz

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

Read @cjcmichel.

For foreign kleptocrats, Trump is like looking in the mirror. By making deals with the family, giving awards, making donations they get access. Family and business relations shape relations between states. Not enduring alliances but transactional geopolitics.

[Richard Smith @ncsmiff]

15+ years after the earliest sightings, abuse of Limited Liability Partnerships is somehow *still* not getting the attention it needs https://t.co/Sf1IvFWktW @rbrooks45 @TomMayne16 @sbowers00

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

👋Congratulations @exeterpolitics graduates 2024. They include Kerimguly Berdimukhamedov, son of the President of Turkmenistan. He didn't study with me and I never met him. But he would have been an interesting addition to my Central Asian Politics class!
https://t.co/2W9O30nKfy

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

"What is kleptocracy and why does it matter?"

I've finally managed to upload the video of my October 2023 inaugural lecture.

Please let me know what you think - and if you have any problems accessing it.

https://t.co/w2n1HLB4c2

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

@PaoloBottleneck @TomMayne16

https://t.co/Pv7miuTH5y

[Tom Mayne @TomMayne16]

@BenCowdock Herbert Smith Freehills also the solicitor for Nurali Aliyev’s Bishops Avenue house. Funny how the same names keep cropping up…

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

Working through the proofs of our ⁦@TomMayne16⁩ ⁦@tenaprelec⁩ @OUPAcademic⁩ Indulging Kleptocracy, I’m loving ⁦the⁩ visceral foreword by ⁦@OliverBullough⁩. Thanks Oliver!

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

Proof reading ⁦@tenaprelec⁩ ⁦@TomMayne16⁩ ⁦@OUPAcademic⁩ book Indulging Kleptocracy, there are some great epigraphs including this one from Boris Johnson which captures the irresponsibility and lack of vision of 🇬🇧 political leaders of recent decades.

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

The proofs have arrived from ⁦@OUPAcademic⁩!

Now ⁦@tenaprelec⁩ ⁦@TomMayne16⁩ and I just need to spot any errors and compile the index

[John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social @HeathershawJ]

@IERES_GWU event: Just listened to @TomMayne16 discuss @Crude_NGO report on 🇷🇺🇬🇧Dmitry Leus, whom @liambyrnemp claimed under parliamentary privilege was “dependent” on the FSB. It's a good report, effectviely exploring the evidence for such a claim. 1/4

https://t.co/FpqLkSeCRA

[Centre for the Study of Corruption @Sussex_SCSC]

📚More specifically, the #GI_ACE 2.0 project Identifying Enabler Networks and Their Vulnerabilities is led by top researchers @HeathershawJ, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, @tenaprelec, @TomMayne16, and @acgillies, find more on our website here: https://t.co/DGwN3sa1TD