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Can the U.S. and Russia tackle economic crime together?

May 7, 2012 Pavel Koshkin
RBTH talked to Bernard Sucher, a member of the Board of Directors at Aton Group, about the ways how two countries can fight corruption together as well as the repercussions in the relationship from the case of the Bank of New York Mellon

Beginning a top-down attack on corruption

April 13, 2012 Ben Aris
With the presidential elections over and Vladimir Putin due to return to his old job in May, the Kremlin has turned back to the task at hand: fixing Russia, Inc. At the top of the agenda is taking on corruption

Not ready to throw in the towel

March 27, 2012 Masha Charnay
Medvedev revives commitment to fighting corruption, discusses new policy roadmap

A new way to get what you want

March 20, 2012 Ian Pryde
Can Russia develop a culture of professional lobbyists – and is it even a good idea?

Tracking down oil smugglers

February 13, 2012 Vitaly Pozdnyakov, Russky Reporter
On the Russian border with Ukraine, the lack of jobs has made smuggling diesel fuel an attractive way to make money. Combating the illegal pipelines is a full-time job for the region’s border guards

What it would take to win the war against corruption?

February 7, 2012 Anatoly Golubev
Truly fighting the war against corruption requires both significant changes to Russia’s legal system and supranational efforts to stop hiding assets

Monitor that!

February 2, 2012 Yulia Ponomareva, The Moscow News
A new project of Russia's prominent anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, RosVybory, aims at monitoring the upcoming presidential elections. But will it be successful like Navalny's previous project Rospil?

Russia prevents football corruption

January 23, 2012 Nicola Sellitti
Russia takes steps to eliminate match-fixing and illegal betting on football games ahead of the 2018 World Cup

Russia considers anti-bribery convention

January 17, 2012 Kommersant FM
Russia may introduce criminal liability for bribing foreign public officials, as required by an OECD convention. However, experts point out that it is impossible to conduct business without bribes in some parts of the world

Medvedev’s address: Lots of talk, little action

December 23, 2011 Ian Pryde
As Dmitry Medvedev prepares to leave the Kremlin next year, his last address to Russia's Federal Assembly served as both a wrap-up of accomplishments and calls for future change

Medvedev proposes reform of Russia’s political system

December 22, 2011 Russia Beyond the Headlines
In his last annual speech to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed to reform the system of electing regional governors and return to direct voting, among other political issues

Bullying the bureaucrat

December 21, 2011 Valery Vyzhutovich
Ordinary Russians understand why civil servants do not want to disclose tax declarations

Russian NGO Pitches Anti-corruption to UN

December 13, 2011 Anatoly Golubev
NGOs must act in concert, consolidate, and engage the business communities they are trying to police and protect

Report sees economic crime decline

November 30, 2011 Howard Amos, The Moscow Times
Reported cases of economic crime have declined in Russia over the last two years against the background of recovery from the 2009 financial crisis

Sergei Petrov: The billionaire car salesman

June 24, 2011 Ben Aris
In one of Russia's most corrupt sectors, a former taxi driver managed to make good by staying clean

Bribe away!

June 12, 2011 Ksenia Leonova, Kommersant
The manufacturer of 'A Sweet Piece of the Budget' chocolate bars saw its sales increase three-fold in just two weeks after making the right bet

Time, space and a permit quagmire

June 4, 2011 Ben Aris
How do you police progress of reforms in Vladivostok from Moscow when your subordinates are working seven hours out of sync because of the time difference?

The Magnitsky list: Why isn't there a bin Laden list too?

May 23, 2011 Eugene Ivanov
U.S. congressmen might have thought twice about punishing Russian officials if Russia had a strong lobby in Washington.

Russia's culture of corruption easier to accept than fight

May 11, 2011 Kirill Kabanov
Corruption is the best-organized and most lucrative business in Russia

Private business rises against the Goliaths of graft

April 21, 2011 Vladimir Ruvinsky
Entrepreneurs lead the fight against institutionalised corruption
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