Mayor fined $618,000 for $6,800 bribeThe Moscow Regional Court fined on Friday Voskresensk Mayor Yuri Sleptsov $618,000 for accepting a $6,800 bribe.15:42 30.03.2012
City manager charged with bribery to stay behind barsA judge has extended until July 8 the detention of Stavropol city manager Igor Bestuzhy charged with attempted large-scale bribe taking10:12 30.03.2012
Yaroslavl authorities to install video cameras to fight corrupt officialsThe Yaroslavl authorities plan to install video cameras and audio equipment in officials' rooms as part of the anticorruption program.16:50 29.03.2012
City manager says he was forced to confess to crimeStavropol City Manager Igor Bestuzhy, who has been charged with attempting to accept a large-scale bribe, told the court today that he was forced to confess to crime. The investigators denied the statement.17:03 28.03.2012
Russian oil tycoon to testify in Croatian ex-prime minister's caseThe Zagreb District Court has summoned Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev, the owner of the Russneft oil company, to testify in the case of former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.10:51 23.03.2012
Police officer receives seven years in jail for bribesThe court has sentenced former district interior department head, Lt. Col. Alexander Burlakov to seven years in prison for accepting large-scale bribes.15:49 13.03.2012
Russia-born Americans arrested on fraud chargeMore than 30 individuals, mostly of Russian descent, have been arrested in the United States on charges of fraud, bribery and racketeering.09:59 01.03.2012
Investigation into former governor's bribery charges finishedThe law enforcement agencies have finished investigating former Tula Governor Vyacheslav Dudka, who was charged with accepting a large-scale bribe.15:05 29.02.2012
Man fined $68k for $680 bribe attemptA court fined an individual two million rubles ($68,000) for a bribe attempt.10:37 27.02.2012
General discharged for false income disclosure took $333k in bribesGeneral Major Viktor Gaidukov, who was discharged by the president for false income disclosure, will stand trial on bribery charges. The bribes are assumed to total $333,400.16:46 20.02.2012
Medvedev: Russia accedes to convention on combating bribery of foreign officialsPresident Dmitry Medvedev said Russia has acceded to the international convention on combating the bribery of foreign public officials.16:01 01.02.2012
Customs officer suspected of large-scale bribery in MoscowA Federal Customs Service lieutenant colonel and his two subordinates are suspected of taking a $197,500 bribe.13:04 31.01.2012
Average bribe amount in Russia more than tripled in 2011 - Interior MinistryThe average bribe amount in Russia grew by 250 percent to over 230,000 rubles ($7,770) in 2011, the Interior Ministry's Economic Security Department reported on Friday.15:09 27.01.2012
Lawyer involved in high-profile car crash suspected of briberyA lawyer, who was earlier engaged in the high profile car crash case involving a LUKOIL vice president, is suspected of giving a $3,300 bribe to a police officer for support in wrapping up another car crash case.11:13 13.01.2012
Pension Fund's regional head sentenced to ten years in prison for large-scale briberyA court on Tuesday sentenced a local head of the Pension Fund of Russia to ten years in prison for large-scale bribery.14:53 27.12.2011
Bribery is most common corrupt practice in Russia, Prosecutor GeneralBribery has been identified as the most common corrupt practice in Russia, as it accounts for a third of all the corruption offences uncovered in 2011.13:30 23.12.2011
Moscow Region Registry official fined $661k for briberyA court has fined a deputy section head of the Moscow Region Registry $661,000 for taking a $8,800 bribe.12:01 19.12.2011
Fighting corruption in Russia: No cause for celebrationOn December 9, the world marked International Anti-Corruption Day. For Russia, this is something of a professional holiday, as it has found itself in an unenviable position in numerous anti-corruption ratings in the past few years.17:07 13.12.2011
Former prosecutor involved in gambling scandal drops appeal for reinstatementFormer Moscow Region prosecutor Dmitry Urumov, accused of accepting bribes from the owner of an illegal casino network, has withdrawn his request to reinstate him in office.12:27 07.12.2011
High-ranking customs official detained for briberyFirst deputy head of a Federal Customs Service's department Evgeny Malyarov was detained in Moscow on the suspicion of receiving a large bribe, Vladimir Markin.10:42 07.12.2011