That is shocking until you realize that the same thing happens in the west all the time - institutional corruption that benefits the elite. For example the cit

That is shocking until you realize that the same thing happens in the west all the time - institutional corruption that benefits the elite. For example the city of Montreal is notorious for similar corruption in their road construction industry. Other cities are known to operate with similar collusion, though it isn’t as widely reported. If Nancy Pelosi was Russian we would certainly call her an Oligarch as it is widely known she has a net worth of $200 million+ on a salary of a few hundred thousand per year. She gained her enormous wealth by feeding insider information, which she gained from her privileged position, to her husband, so he could insider trade and front-run the American people stealing from their 401ks and other investment accounts. Insider trading is only a crime for regular Americans, not congress or senators. It is perfectly legal for them to insider trade all day long. Guess who wrote those laws? Also, Pelosi isn’t the only American politician who abuses their power by insider trading - only the most successful.