A local court sentenced two top Russian officials, from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, to eight to ten years in prison for accepting a million dollar bribe, Russian news agencies reported
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April 24, 2007A Russian court on Monday convicted six men for selling forged copies of number plates and passes reserved for senior Kremlin officials and the presidential bodyguard.
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March 20, 2007Several dozens people were detained as Georgian law enforcers held a special operation against bribery in the country’s tax service, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Tuesday quoting a source in Georgian Interior Ministry.
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March 14, 2007A Russian diplomat who once chaired a UN budget committee was found guilty in U.S. of helping launder hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and taking a share of the money, the Reuters news agency reports.
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March 9, 2007
UK band Razorlight have confirmed they were forced to cancel a gig in Russia on November 24 when Moscow officials demanded “an astronomical amount of cash” for a permit to perform.
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November 29, 2006Two ex-prosecutors accused of bribe-taking were sentenced to four-year imprisonment by a Moscow court, the RIA Novosti news agency reported Monday.
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