Putin approved a new plan to fight corruption

In it, he gave instructions to various departments in order to make the fight against corruption more effective. The instructions concern clarifying the wording of laws, training businesses, toughening penalties for corruption Vladimir Putin

The legal information portal published a decree by President Vladimir Putin approving the national anti-corruption plan for 2021-2024 and the text of this plan, which takes about 30 pages.

For the first time, such a document was adopted in 2008 by President Dmitry Medvedev, since then new versions have been approved every two years, the last time in 2018.

The President instructed the government to submit proposals by October 15 to improve the procedure for presenting information on income, expenses, property and property obligations by persons holding public office. The Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and the Investigative Committee - to submit proposals to ban the civil service for those who got off with fines for a corruption crime. The Prosecutor General's Office, together with the Central Bank, is to prepare proposals on issues related to the receipt by prosecutors of information constituting bank secrecy. The presidential administration, together with the Central Bank, to finalize a bill on providing information on income, expenses and property of financial commissioners, as well as those who apply for this position.

Putin instructed the FSB to pay special attention to the protection of national projects from corruption Society

The Ministry of Finance, with the participation of the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Digital Development and the Central Bank, is to submit proposals for verifying the accuracy and completeness of information on the ownership of digital assets and digital currency. Government - to submit proposals to clarify the concepts of "conflict of interest". “Personal interest”, “persons who are in close relationship or property”, “other close relationships”, which are contained in the anti-corruption legislation. The government was also instructed to consider the issue of giving the highest officials of the regions the right to request the conduct of operational-search activities during anti-corruption checks against officials. In addition, the government, together with the Central Bank, should assess the feasibility of giving officials responsible for fighting corruption in the regions the right to send requests to credit organizations, tax authorities, registering rights to real estate, as well as information system operators that issue digital financial assets. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with the FSB, the Treasury, should take measures to prevent the misuse of budget funds allocated, among other things, to combat the spread ofcovid-19 , paying special attention to the facts of bribery. The Ministry of Industry and Trade should consider holding educational events for Russian participants in foreign economic activity, during which they would learn to minimize the risks of falling under the anti-corruption laws of other countries.