Of 86 companies surveyed in Russia, 71 of them — 82.5 percent — said they had been subjected to at least one major economic crime in the past 12 months, according to a report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

A public outcry and rebuke from the Kremlin force the ruling party to call back a bill that it unanimously passed just days earlier.

Yevgeny Skoblikov was arrested last month, soon after he told police that about $6 million and 7 million euros ($10.5 million) in cash were stolen from his rented Moscow apartment.

In July, Medvedev criticized the country’s road safety record, calling the situation “monstrous” after a series of fatal bus and car crashes left dozens dead.

Magnitsky did not die by chance. He died because corrupt Interior Ministry officers killed him.

The threats associated with traffic deaths outweigh those of terrorism.

The Pension Fund discovered the theft Monday when it received a notice from the Central Bank that 1.25 billion rubles had been transferred from its account.

A shakeup at the St. Petersburg-based Russian Geographic Society, which bills itself as Russia’s oldest organization, has ruffled feathers in the group.

While public opinion on the matter remains mixed, the Kremlin and government have both said they do not want executions to resume, and praise flooded in from human rights groups.

Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko says RusAl is pulling out of management of the Boguchanskaya project, although the aluminum company will remain a 50-50 financing partner in the RusHydro-led project.