Corruption & Bribery

Moscow court upholds extension of FSB ex-officer’s detention in bribery case

The Moscow District Military Court has upheld detention of former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer Vlad Novikov, who stands charged with taking a 5-million-ruble bribe (about $88,100).

12:25 03.07.2017

President Putin signs law on blacklist of corrupt officials

Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a law establishing registry for officials and employees of law enforcement agencies fired for corruption crimes.

10:45 03.07.2017

Russian military doctors’ sentence for taking bribes upheld

Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld prison sentence given to three medical employees of the Vishnevsky Third Central Military Clinical Hospital for taking bribes.

10:42 30.06.2017

Deputy governor of Kursk Region detained in bribery case

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has detained deputy governor of the Kursk Region Vasily Zubkov charged with taking a bribe until August 4.

16:25 07.06.2017

State Duma adopts bill on blacklist of corrupt officials

The State Duma passed in the third and final reading on Wednesday a bill on creating a nationwide list of officials.

12:00 07.06.2017

Moscow court extends detention of ex-FSB officer in bribery case

The Moscow District Military Court has extended detention of Vlad Novikov, former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), who stands charged with taking a 5-million-ruble bribe (about $88,100 at the current exchange rate) until July 6.

12:25 06.06.2017

Vice-governor of Russia’s Vladimir Region charged with bribery

Vice-governor of the Vladimir Region Yelena Mazanko has been charged with two instances of receiving bribes of large and exceptionally large scale.

10:59 06.06.2017

Moscow court detains one more defendant in large-scale bribery case

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has detained one more defendant in a criminal case of Dmitry Zakharchenko, Russian anti-corruption official charged with receiving a large-scale bribe.

13:41 01.06.2017

State Duma approves blacklist of officials fired for corruption

The State Duma adopted in the second reading on Wednesday a bill on creating a nationwide list of officials, who had been dismissed because of loss of trust over corruption allegations.

18:02 24.05.2017

Businessman charged with bribing Mari El Republic’s ex-head arrested in absentia

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Nikolay Krivash, founder of Akashevskaya poultry factory, who stands charged with giving a bribe to Russia’s Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov.

10:59 23.05.2017

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