Corruption & Bribery

Former investigator to stand trial for extorting $15 mln

Former Investigative Committee officer will go on trial on charges of extorting a $15 million bribe, reports the Prosecutor General's Office spokesperson Marina Gridneva.

10:11 08.06.2012

Two anti-corruption agents caught in fraud

Over the last two weeks, investigators in Moscow have exposed two officers in anticorruption units as guilty of fraud.

10:49 04.06.2012

Siberian businessman fined $547,000 for $9,000 bribe

A Siberian refinery director has been fined $546,800 for paying a $9,000 bribe to a technical inspector.

13:45 01.06.2012

Public servant sentenced to 7 years in jail for taking bribe

The Moscow City Court has sentenced former Deputy Director of the State Bureau of Economic Analysis for Environmental Projects Leonid Mileshin to seven years in prison for accepting a $25,000 bribe when signing a public contract.

13:45 29.05.2012

Public servant convicted of leasing out public lands to friends and relatives

Former head of a town in Moscow region Viktor Musagitov has been convicted of abuse of power and fraud in allocating municipal land.

12:29 25.05.2012

Political eccentric may be questioned in large-scale bribery case

Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky may soon be questioned in regard to the large-scale bribery case against his aide.

11:25 21.05.2012

Ex-police officer fined $84k for taking bribe from illegal casino owner

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court has fined a former police officer $84,000 for accepting a bribe and deprived him of his lieutenant colonel rank.

16:46 17.05.2012

Officials detained for attempted $0.5mln auction bribe

Police officers detained in Moscow four employees of the Federal Agency for State Property Management suspected of an attempted commercial bribe amounting to $548.680.

11:16 17.05.2012

Former chief military physician pleads innocent, unlike his deputy

Former Chief Military Physician Alexander Belevitin has pleaded innocent to the charges of abuse of power and bribery against him.

15:29 15.05.2012

Tax officers face jail time over $149k bribe

High-ranking officials of Moscow Region Tax Inspectorate No. 9 have been heavily fined and given lengthy prison sentences for extorting a $149,160 bribe.

16:56 03.05.2012

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