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Russian entrepreneurs face corruption less frequently – Business Ombudsman

Russian entrepreneurs have recently faced less instances of corruption, while the rate of growth in the number of criminal cases against businesspersons has dropped.

13:59 24.05.2018

Former head of Russia’s ecology service department found guilty of corruption

A court in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia has sentenced former head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Use of Natural Resources’ (Rosprirodnadzor) department to 6 years in prison for bribery.

10:59 23.05.2018

Chinese citizen behind alleged iPhone bribe gets detained

A court in the Kaluga Region has detained a Chinese citizen, who allegedly attempted to bribe officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) with iPhones in exchange for release of her 26 compatriots.

13:59 21.05.2018

Ex-Nizhny Novgorod government executive wanted on bribery charges

The former Nizhny Novgorod government executive Oleg Kondrashov has been put on the wanted list in a 17-million-ruble bribery case ($280,000).

11:38 19.04.2018

Siberian high-ranking police officer suspected of corruption and fraud

Former head of Russia’s Tomsk Regional Interior Ministry Directorate is suspected of fraud and taking a large-scale bribe.

13:59 16.04.2018

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Third foreigner ordered to death challenges sentence in Supreme Court of DPR

Briton Aiden Aslin, who had been ordered to death along with two other foreign citizens in the Donetsk People’s Republic, challenged his sentence.

11:17 05.07.2022

Russia’s State Duma backs creation of extremist materials database

The lower house of parliament, the State Duma, adopted a bill to create a specialized information database of extremist materials in a final third reading on Tuesday.

13:24 05.07.2022

Number of appeals to Russian children's ombudsman increased by 2% in 2021

The number of appeals to the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Russia Maria Lvova-Belova turned out to be by 2% more in 2021 as compared with the same period of the preceding year.

12:09 01.07.2022