[lbo-talk] $US 33 BLN a year: Russian corruption revealed

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Sat Jun 7 12:37:14 PDT 2008


Russia Today http://www.russiatoday.com/

June 6, 2008

$US 33 BLN a year: Russian corruption revealed http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/25862

Corrupt officials in Russia make $US 33 billion a year from bribes, equal to a third of the national budget. Since the beginning of 2008, over 1,000 bribery investigations have been launched - a record figure for the country.

The figures were announced by Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigation Committee at the Prosecutor General's Office. The Committee was founded in May 2007 http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/25862



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