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Nearly $80 million embezzled during construction of Vostochny space center

12:46 11/09/2015 The police claim that over 5.4 billion rubles ($79mn) in budget allocations for the construction of the Vostochny space center have been embezzled.

Former Tomsk mayor convicted of taking bribes to be released on parole

12:45 03/09/2015 A court in the Irkutsk Region has granted parole for Alexander Makarov, former Tomsk mayor who was serving a long prison term for bribe taking.

Anti-corruption lessons planned for Russian schools, universities

11:01 01/09/2015 Members of the Russian Government’s Expert Council have suggested to implement anti-corruption lessons for schools and universities.

Former Thai PM Shinawatra testifies in corruption case

12:21 31/08/2015 Deposed Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra testified before the Supreme Court on Monday in a corruption case, Thai national Channel 3 reported.

Foreign corporations could be liable for bribery that hurts Russia’s interests

12:04 20/08/2015 The Russian Government has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would impose legal liability on foreign companies for corrupt practices against Russia’s interests outside Russia.

Former Russian executive agrees to plead guilty to money laundering in U.S. – report

11:01 20/08/2015 Former Russian executive who was in charge of nuclear enterprise Tenex has agreed to plead guilty in the U.S. to money laundering and bribery charges.

Russian lawmakers suggest seizing property of corrupt officials - report

10:36 19/08/2015 Members of the Orenburg Legislative Council propose amending the Criminal Code to allow seizure of a public official’s property for taking a bribe.

Ex-Russian Army commander gets five years in prison for bribe-taking

15:30 14/08/2015 On Friday, the Moscow Garrison Military Court sentenced former Army Commander Colonel General Vladimir Chirkin to five years in a maximum-security penitentiary and stripped him of his military rank, and state and departmental awards.

U.S. asks European countries to freeze assets in Telecom corruption case – report

11:11 14/08/2015 U.S. authorities have asked five European countries to freeze bank assets of several major Telecom companies suspected of involvement in corruption activities in Uzbekistan.

Executive from Argentina pleads not guilty to FIFA corruption charges – report

12:10 03/08/2015 An executive of a sports marketing business based in Argentina has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the FIFA corruption case.

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Prisoner population in Russia is on decline – Rights Commissioner Moskalkova

18:03 23/01/2020 The number of individuals held in custody in Russia has decreased by 40,000 in 2019 as compared with the figures registered in the same period of 2018, and makes at the moment 523,900.

Initiative to introduce Security Council Deputy Chair post adopted by Russian lawmakers

14:14 23/01/2020 The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma adopted a presidential bill establishing a new post, a Deputy Chair of the Security Council, in a final third reading on Thursday.

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner proposes to criminalize inadequate medical treatment

15:09 23/01/2020 Russia’s ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has proposed to include in the national Criminal Code a separate provision defining sanctions for failure to provide adeqate medical aid to patients.

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