A source told RIA Novosti that the Federation Council did not publish any information on the 2022 income and expenses of senators, not even non-personal information on the declarations on the upper house website.
“Nothing will happen,” said a source in the upper house of parliament.
Information on the expenses and incomes of deputies must be published within 14 working days after April 1, Vedomosti sources in the State Duma and the Federation Council claim that the data will not be published at all.
February 6 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that now deputies’ declarations will be published in an anonymized form without specifying personal data.
Now, information on the income of deputies of the State Duma and members of the Federation Council, as well as deputies of legislative bodies of constituent entities, should be published “provided that such information does not contain personal data that allows to identify the person concerned.” , and data that allows the personalization of the goods belonging to the person concerned.” It will show the number of notifications made and the violations detected.
Vedomosti resource in Presidential Administration knowledgeableThat the Houses of Parliament will decide “at any time” to publish the proclamations in an anonymized form. In past years, information on the websites of the Federation Council and the State Duma was published on Friday, in the middle of the month.
In the apparatus of the State Duma, Vedomosti was told that impersonal statements would have to be issued when the presidential decree is repealed, allowing information about income not to be disclosed during the special operation.
The authors of the amendment were Andrey Klishas, chairman of the Federation Council constitutional legislation committee, and Pavel Krasheninnikov, chairman of the Federation Council state-building and legislation committee.
In January, while the initiative was being discussed in parliament, Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian presidency, announced its emergence “by presenting its own characteristics” in connection with a special operation in Ukraine. He then stated that the officers would continue to file declarations. “This is already an established system, anti-corruption institutions continue to work,” he said.
Also in December 2022, Putin signed a decree exempting employees of internal affairs bodies, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Russian Guard, Sledkom and special operations participants from reporting income, expenses and property for the period of the SVO.
One step towards closing
At the end of January, after the adoption of the law, the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that the amendments do not prohibit anyone from making public statements, this remains the personal right of every legislator. Despite the new norm allowing lawmakers to “turn it off” from the public, he announced his intention to continue to publish the affidavits of lawmakers interested in reelection.
“If a person is going to be re-elected, if he wants to win the trust of the electorate, of course, it must be clear: tell me where, where, what kind of property is from. And then there will be trust or there won’t be. The rhetoric about what is forbidden to us actually shattered,” Volodin explained.
In March 2022, United Russia deputy Vladislav Reznik introduced a bill prohibiting the publication of income and expense statements of officials who came under Western sanctions. The explanatory note noted that the initiative was designed to “prevent the possibility of using information”. <…> the pressure and (or) influence of hostile states on those who submit this information and on members of their families.
Sardana Avksentyeva (New People’s Party), member of the State Duma Committee on State Construction at a meeting with RBC statedHe said the changes could be termed “a step towards convergence”.
“What were the objectives of the declaration from the very beginning? Preventing unexplained, illegal enrichment and managing conflicts of interest. “There are now fears that the trial, if any, will take place behind closed doors.”
said Avksentieva.