Russia's Medvedev calls for less state interference in economy, struggle against corruption

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev asked the government on Thursday to work out a road map for privatization and less state interference in country's economy, RIA Novosti reports.

"I absolutely support the idea of working out a road map for privatization to deregulate the economy and determine a schedule for it," Medvedev told a working group in charge of "open government."

The Russian president also asked the open government group to provide crowd sourcing to optimize business processes for the most important state services.

Medvedev also proposed establishing an online resource that would provide information on action taken against state and government officials guilty of abuses and other misdemeanors.

The resource should provide up-to-date information, for example, on a government official charged with a crime, he said.

“We can write that the charges were dismissed for lack of evidence… or that he has been convicted,” Medvedev said.