Knowledge Units (Citable Atomic Claims)

Purpose: Every factual claim that appears on mechanism pages, entity cards or relationship lists is extracted here as a reusable, self-contained Knowledge Unit (KU). Each KU carries its own source_ids, type classification and can be referenced independently.

Format of a KU:

• ID (stable, e.g. KU-KE-01)
• Claim (one sentence, factual or clearly marked analytical)
• Source_ids
• Type (Primary / Secondary academic / Secondary investigative / Secondary analytical / Meta)
• Appears on (pages that use it)
• Last reviewed

KUs are the atomic building blocks for citation export and progressive disclosure.

Categories

1. Kleptocratic Extraction
2. State–Crime Symbiosis
3. Hybrid Statecraft
4. Authoritarian Patronage
5. Core Persons & Institutions
6. Cross-cutting / Meta

Newly Registered KUs from Expansion (2026-08-28)

New entity cards introduced structured KUs that are also referenced from the State–Crime & Hybrid relationship list and relevant mechanism pages. Key new series:

• KU-NHR-* — Northern Heroin Route (market_route)
• KU-VOR-* — Vory-v-zakone (historical_institution)
• KU-MOB-* — Mobilisation state (process)
• KU-UKR-* — Uber Krysha (process)
• KU-SEN-* — Sanctions-evasion networks (network)

All claims are registered as modular, citable units linked directly to verified sources.

All Knowledge Units follow standardized citation formats and verified open-source attribution.