Corruption & Bribery

Russian prosecutor questions reported bribery figures

While the number of bribes being offered in Russia rose 30 percent in the first six months of this year, the number of bribes accepted was down 6.5 percent, a top prosecutor said Tuesday, questioning the objectivity of those figures.

10:17 31.07.2013

Russian construction official suspected of $1 mln fraud

Police searched the offices of a high-ranking Russian construction official suspected of a 30 million ruble ($920,000) fraud, the Interior Ministry reported on Tuesday.

16:40 30.07.2013

Russian 'anti-corruption fighter' caught accepting bribe

A purported anti-corruption campaigner in Russia’s predominantly Islamic Republic of Tatarstan was caught accepting a bribe, the Investigative Committee said Thursday.

15:50 25.07.2013

Corruption charges pressed against China's Bo Xilai

Bo Xilai, once a rising star of Chinese politics, was charged on Thursday with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The indictment paper was passed on to the Jinan City Intermediate People's Court on Thursday.

10:28 25.07.2013

Witness in Russian Defense Ministry corruption scandal jailed

A witness in a high-profile corruption scandal that erupted under the Defense Ministry last year was sent to prison for two years and eight months by a Moscow court on Wednesday.

17:22 24.07.2013

Russian investigators open new Defense property corruption cases

Russia’s Investigative Committee opened two new criminal cases Tuesday into sales of Defense Ministry real estate, part of an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption at the ministry’s property service company Oboronservis that has implicated high-level government officials.

12:31 23.07.2013

Russian ex-governor gets 9,5 years in prison for bribery

A court in central Russia's Tula Region sentenced its former governor, Vyacheslav Dudka, to 9,5 years in prison for taking a 40 million ruble ($1.2 million) bribe.

14:50 22.07.2013

Russian ex-governor found guilty of taking $1.2 mln bribe

A court in central Russia's Tula Region found its former governor guilty Monday of taking a 40 million ruble ($1.2 million) bribe.

12:10 22.07.2013

Russia's Audit Chamber uncovers $205 mln Caucasus fraud

Russia’s Audit Chamber has exposed financial irregularities totaling 6.7 billion rubles ($205 million) in the North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, the financial controller said on Wednesday.

15:12 17.07.2013

Rosbank senior vice-president to remain under house arrest on bribery charges

The Presnensky District Court in Moscow has extended the house detention of Tamara Polyanitsyna, senior vice-president of Rosbank, a suspected accomplice of former Rosbank head Vladimir Golubkov, who has been accused of commercial bribery.

13:02 12.07.2013

Top news

Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025