Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Russia Blog: Corruption in Russia: the Question Is Not whether it Exists, but How Much and How Often...

Russia Blog: Corruption in Russia: the Question Is Not whether it Exists, but How Much and How Often...

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An average bribe in Russia today, according to the law enforcement agencies, is $10,000. It grew 500% since a year ago. However, the investigators say that it's not the bribe that grew, but the efficiency of their work. Over the past year, Russian police and FSB caught several multi-million-dollar bribes, and landed some of high-profile officials in jails. The statistics involve everything, from several-dollar drivers bribes to traffic police all the way to 50-60-million-ruble bribes (approx. $2 million) to high-ranking officials. [ read more at link ]

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