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Russia’s Deputy Transport Minister detained - source
Russian Deputy Minister of Transport Vladimir Tokarev was detained in a corruption case, a source in law enforcement authorities said. "[He] was detained in order of Article 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as a suspect," …
Russia's corruption rate declines, but bribe amounts increase
Last year, the number of corruption offences in Russia declined by 10% compared to 2016, the country's National Anti-Corruption Committee reports. It is specified that more than 2 million crimes were reported in the country in …
Russia's Ulyukayev found guilty of bribery
Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky court found former Russian Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev guilty of taking a bribe. "The court found that Ulyukayev is guilty of taking a large-scale bribe," Judge …
Hearings on ex-minister Ulyukayev's case postponed to September 1
Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow postponed continuation of hearings on the case of former Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev, accused of taking a bribe of $2 mln, to September 1. The court ordered …
Trial of Ex-Russian Economic Development Minister Ulyukayev starts
Former Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev has arrived in Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court, where the hearing of the case against him will be opened today. Ulyukayev is the first federal …
Matviyenko: anti-corruption fight is Russia's state policy
Fight against corruption in Russia regardless of rank is not a timeserving trend, but a long-term state policy, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said. "We see a thorough and difficult job to …
House arrest of Ulyukayev extended
A Moscow court has extended the pretrial house arrest of former Economic Development Minister Aleksei Ulyukayev by three months. The Basmanny district court granted prosecutors' request for an extension on January …
Russian investigators ask to extend Ulyukayev’s house arrest
Russia’s investigators have demanded to extend until April 15 the house arrest of former Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev, a spokesperson for Moscow’s Basmanny court said. "The court …
Marat Oganesyan detained on suspicion of fraud
Former Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg, Marat Oganesyan, has been detained in Moscow on suspicion of fraud, the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee said. "The Main Investigation Department of the …
Economic Minister Ulyukayev charged with bribe-taking
Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev, who was detained over night, was formally charged with bribery by investigators, Russia's Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko …
Ulyukayev being questioned by IC
Russian Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev is being questioned by representatives of the Russian Investigative Committee. A source said that restrictive measures against the minister will be …
Ulyukayev's phone tapped since summer
The Federal Security Service (FSB) had been tapping the Russian Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev's phone since early summer this year, Russia’s Investigative Committee's spokesperson …
Peskov: corruption remains problem for Russia
Corruption in Russia remains a problem, but the struggle against it is continuing systematically and transparently, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. "There …
Maria Zakharova proposes new story for BBC film
The director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova, commented on a recent BBC film, dedicated to corruption in Russia. …
Corrupt Russian officials going to the West
Why do people who are accused of economic crimes become citizens of the UK?
Putin says great victories in fight against corruption are hard-hitting
Russia is unlikely to eliminate corruption soon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Council. "People face corruption on the spot, the so-called everyday …
Peskov: Presidential administration checks officials mentioned in media
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Presidential Administration checks all the information in media, where the officials are mentioned. He noted that the Kremlin’s mechanism of checks into …
Special commission to deal with detention of Crimean government officials for corruption
A special commission consisted of high-ranking officials of the Crimean Federal District will consider each individual detention of local government officials for corruption, the head of the Republic Sergey Aksenov said at the meeting of the …
