Over the course of six months, approximately 10 thousand people accused of committing corruption crimes, including high-ranking officials, were detained or arrested and tried in Russia. He said this in an interview RT Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov.
Currently, criminal cases under the “corruption” article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are being conducted by investigative authorities and are being considered in court against the head of the Federal Chamber, the former governor of the Penza region, Ivan Belozertsev. Russian Tax Service (FTS) of the Republic of Tyva Chayaan Suge-Maadyr, Minister of Architecture and Spatial Affairs – urban development of the Orenburg region Anatoly Chakheeva, Minister of Transport and Road Facilities of the Primorsky Territory Viktor Svyachenovsky, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Karelia Vladimir Labinova and others.
According to Krasnov, the Prosecutor General’s Office is working to ensure that the perpetrators are punished, as well as to ensure that there are no unfounded criminal prosecutions. In particular, he gave an example in Khakassia where a businessman was accused without any evidence of not performing work under a contract with a medical institution.
Previously in RF IC offered Expanding the conditions for confiscation of assets of corrupt officials.