Russia: Current status of the commission set up to coordinate anti-corruption efforts of the Ministries of Security, Defence and Internal Affairs
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | RUS16959.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Russia: Current status of the commission set up to coordinate anti-corruption efforts of the Ministries of Security, Defence and Internal Affairs, 1 April 1994, RUS16959.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac9e68.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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According to an ITAR-TASS report, the Russian National Security Council's commission for intensifying struggle against crime and corruption was recently reorganized and now includes "the deputy prosecutor-general of Russia, the ministers of internal affairs, education, transport, railways, health care, social insurance, economics and foreign economics relations, as well as the leader of the state customs committee, the federal migration service and the tax police department" (29 Dec. 1993). Described as an interdepartmental commission for combatting crime and corruption, it was headed by Vice-President Rutskoi and initially included only representatives of the Ministries of Security, Defense and Internal Affairs, the Customs Service, and the federal service for export and currency control (RFE/RL 14 May 1993, 85). The current head of the commission is Major-General of Justice Anatliy Korotkov (Izvestiya 4 Jan. 1994). The commission is expected to submit a federal anti-crime programme to the National Security Council and the president in the near future (ibid.; ITAR-TASS 29 Dec. 1993).
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References
ITAR-TASS [Moscow, in English]. 29 December 1993. Sergey Ostanin. "Commission Discusses Anti-Crime Measures." (FBIS-SOV-93-249 30 Dec. 1993, p. 37)
Izvestiya [Moscow, in Russian]. 4 January 1994. Nikolay Burbyga. "Panel Readies Federal Anticrime Program." (FBIS-SOV-94-003 5 January 1994, pp. 36-37)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Research Institute. 14 May 1993. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 2, No. 20. Sheila Marnie and Albert Motivans. "Rising Crime Rates: Perceptions and Reality."
Attachments
ITAR-TASS [Moscow, in English]. 29 December 1993. Sergey Ostanin. "Commission Discusses Anti-Crime Measures." (FBIS-SOV-93-249 30 Dec. 1993, p. 37)
Izvestiya [Moscow, in Russian]. 4 January 1994. Nikolay Burbyga. "Panel Readies Federal Anticrime Program." (FBIS-SOV-94-003 5 January 1994, pp. 36-37)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Research Institute. 14 May 1993. RFE/RL Research Report [Munich]. Vol. 2, No. 20. Sheila Marnie and Albert Motivans. "Rising Crime Rates: Perceptions and Reality," pp. 80-85.
