Corruption & Bribery

Chief military physician case may be heard in private

The corruption case against former Chief Military Physician Alexander Belevitin and his deputy Alexei Nikitin may be heard behind closed doors.

15:52 03.05.2012

High-ranking official to stand trial for $1.4 mln kickbacks

Former Deputy Head of the Moscow Housing and Utilities Department Sergei Dyomin will go on trial charged with accepting $1.4 million in kickbacks.

12:03 28.04.2012

Military report on numerous violations in defense procurements

Over 3,500 defense procurement violations have been uncovered in 2011, according to Alexander Nikitin, an official at the Main Military Prosecutor's Office.

17:36 26.04.2012

Corruption in Russia triples in a year

The number of corruption crimes has tripled in 2011 against 2010, Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika states in his annual report.

10:23 26.04.2012

Secret police unit suspected of extortion

The 38th unit of the Interior Ministry's "K" Department has been searched and the ministry investigated, following the arrest of an officer for corruption.

10:24 24.04.2012

Public servant fined $1 mln for $13,500 bribe

The Bashkirian Republic Supreme Court has ordered a regional consumer rights committee employee to pay a $950,000 fine for accepting $13,500 bribe from a business entity.

10:46 16.04.2012

Magnitogorsk vice-mayor sentenced to 10 years in jail for large-scale bribe

Former Magnitogorsk Vice-Mayor Vitaly Sidorenko was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $33,700 for extorting $91,000 from a businessman.

10:35 11.04.2012

Entities to pay for employees corrupt practices

The government will submit by June its proposals on increasing fines for the entities whose employees have been convicted for corruption crimes committed for corporate benefit.

09:54 11.04.2012

Top 10 Corrupted Officials

17:05 06.04.2012

"Corruption has become the most profitable business in Russia"

The struggle against corruption in Russia started 20 years ago, when President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree on corruption on April 4, 1992. Kirill Kabanov, head of the National Anti-Corruption Committee, shared his views on how corruption in the country has changed since those days with the Russian Legal Information Agency.

16:38 05.04.2012

Top news

Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025