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Officials detained

Russian Cops Take Down Security Officials for Planting Drugs on Teen

The officials took the 16-year-old victim to an ATM to withdraw cash for a bribe.

Arrested official

Top Russian Pension Fund Official Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges, Resigns

Ivanov said he hoped the court would show restraint after his guilty plea.

slap on the wrist

Russian Space Contractor Escapes Jail Time After $6.5M Fraud

Grebnev was accused of using company money to buy yachts and a mansion.

opinion

Russia’s Golunov Problem

If Russia’s police and judiciary can no longer provide the problem-solving services to which "clients" have become accustomed, those clients will look...

in court

Russian Official Attempts Suicide During Corruption Hearing

The official cut his wrist after telling the court that “he had only one argument left — his life.”

Corruption case

Former Russian Anti-Corruption Official Sentenced to 13 Years for Bribery

Nine billion rubles were seized from Zakharchenko after his arrest, the largest cash seizure in modern Russian history at the time.

Golunov's Arrest

Why Russia’s Leading Papers Joined Forces In Solidarity With Arrested Journalist

The Moscow Times spoke with the editors of Vedomosti, RBC and Kommersant about their historic headline.

opinion

Maria Zheleznova and Pavel Aptekar

Why the Arrest of an Investigative Journalist Should Worry Everyone

It should be obvious to even those with no interest in journalism that the ease with which the authorities break the law makes each of us a potential victim...

Unsavory tradition

Russia’s Top Auditor Kudrin Blasts Corruption in Legal System

“There are no stable rules, there’s no impartiality in … the arbitration of problematic disputes,” Kudrin said.

Compensation scheme

Global Automakers Accuse Russian Courts of Graft

Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover claim that they have been scammed out of 200 million rubles.

news

Russian Official Bodyslams Reporter Asking About Corruption, Faces Jail

“Zaytsev was dissatisfied with attempts to gain information, pushed the journalist and [...] threw him to the floor," investigators said.

Cash grab

Record $185M in Cash Seized From Russian Official in Sting Operation

Videos posted online show bags stuffed with what was reported to be 12 billion rubles.

Space Flight

‘No End in Sight’ to Fraud in Russia’s Space Agency, Top Investigator Says

“It’s a very simple scheme: The money is first moved abroad, then the family leaves, and then the defendant follows [them],” Bastrykin said.

Corruption charges

Head of FSB's Secretive Unit Charged for $850K Bribery

Colonel Kirill Cherkalin received $850,000 “for acts or inactions in favor of the bribe-giver and commercial structures.”

opinion

Leonid Bershidsky

Russia’s Plane-Making Ambition Exceeds Its Competence

The Sukhoi Superjet that crashed on Sunday was an assertion of post-Soviet industrial might. It ended up exposing Putin-era weakness instead.

Convicted corruption

7.5K Russians Sentenced for Bribery in 2018

Anti-corruption activists say official figures vastly underestimate the prevalence of bribery in Russia.

FountainGate

Muscovites React to Multi-Million Dollar Fountain Restoration

Do Moscow's residents know how much the renovation of the Stone Flower Fountain cost?

Corruption arrest

Head of FSB’s Secretive Unit Detained for Bribery – Reports

Colonel Kirill Cherkalin headed the FSB economic security department’s financial counterintelligence support unit.

Corrupt Bargain

Ex-Mayor of Vladivostok Receives Long Jail Term for Corruption

Igor Pushkaryov was charged with arranging a large-scale deal between the local government and his relatives' company.

Intergalactic corruption

Prosecutors Uncover $25M Fraud in Russia’s Space, Defense Corporations

Total corruption nearly doubled to $1 billion in 2018, according to the report.

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