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In its first session of the New Year, the newly elected State Duma completed a key step in Russia's efforts to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's by ratifying the group's anti-bribery convention. In its first session of the New Year, the newly elected State Duma completed a key step in Russia's efforts to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's by ratifying the group's anti-bribery convention...
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Kazakh Official Arrested
7 February 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Authorities in Kazakhstan have arrested the recently dismissed head of customs for bribery. The finance police said Monday that Serik Baimaganbetov is being held in Astana, and faces charges of abuse of office and large-scale bribery. Baimaganbetov was dismissed Thursday from his post as the head of the Customs Control Committee. He previously served as Kazakhstan's foreign minister and headed the presidential administration's law enforcement department. (AP)
Aeroflot Countering Bribery Allegations
10 February 2012
By Roland Oliphant / The Moscow Times
Aeroflot said it will file a countersuit for slander and defamation against a U.S. tour company that has accused the airline of bribery and extortion. Aeroflot said it will file a countersuit for slander and defamation against a U.S. tour company that has accused the airline of bribery and extortion. Los Angeles-based Riviera Travel & Tours filed a suit for financial and repetitional damages amounting to $3.4 million against the Russian airline and two of its...
Prokhorov Winning in Coffee Chain Latte Election
1 February 2012
By Chloe Cranston / Special to The Moscow Times
Voting has already begun in the presidential election in Moscow, in one coffee chain at least, which allows drinkers to publicly declare their presidential preference before the March 4 election. Instead of a white slip, the ballot paper is in the form of cinnamon powder sieved onto your drink. Voting has already begun in the presidential election in Moscow, in one coffee chain at least, which allows drinkers to publicly declare their presidential...
Q&A: With Bribery, Spaniard Finds It Takes Two to Tango
27 January 2012
By Andrew McChesney / The Moscow Times
Antonio Linares was at wits' end. He had built Spanish giant Roca's first factory in Russia from the ground up in three years. Antonio Linares was at wits' end. He had built Spanish giant Roca's first factory in Russia from the ground up in three years. But he still needed one last signature from a government inspectorate to open the facility in the Leningrad region. And he just couldn't get it. In desperation, he went to the inspectorate's main office in St. Petersburg, where...
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