$120M CASH BUST: Russian anti-graft boss arrested

The Kremlin on Monday insisted it was serious about tackling endemic graft in Russia


Afp September 12, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin. PHOTO: REUTERS

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Monday insisted it was serious about tackling endemic graft in Russia after a top anti-corruption official was busted with over $120 million in cash. Dmitry Zakharchenko, the acting head of an anti-graft agency at the Russian interior ministry, was formally arrested Saturday for receiving “especially large” bribes after police found banknotes worth more than $120 million in a raid on a Moscow flat. A Kremlin spokesman said President Vladimir Putin had been informed about the latest high-profile graft case to rock the country and insisted authorities were cracking down on rampant official graft.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 13th, 2016.

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BrainBro | 7 years ago | Reply A lot of this cash leads back to Mr. Putin, the great.
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