Almost half of Russians polled in a survey have said that if they’d had the chance to vote in the recent US presidential election, they would have backed the Republican candidate and eventual winner, Donald Trump.
Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a new criminal investigation into the embezzlement of tens of millions of rubles that allegedly took place in 2013 during the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur Region.
Russian law enforcement has launched criminal investigations targeting several high-ranking regional officials with charges including embezzlement, theft, bribery, and extortion.
Russia’s lower house has passed a motion levying large monetary fines on MPs who miss parliamentary sessions without valid excuses. The same draft orders the names of truants to be published on the parliament’s website.
The Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court has ruled to vacate a five-year suspended sentence given to prominent Russian anti-corruption activist Aleksey Navalny and ordered a retrial of the 2009 embezzlement case.
The share of Russians who would prefer Vladimir Putin to continue leading their country after the 2018 presidential polls has risen to a four-year high and is currently at 63 percent, according to the latest public opinion poll.
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In comments over the recent arrest of Russia’s economy minister for seeking a $2 million bribe, several Russian officials said that though the event was in line with the anti-corruption course of recent years and there were no political motives behind it.
Russian Economy Minister Aleksey Ulyukayev is officially accused of taking bribes and of extortion on a large scale, the Russian Investigative Committee has stated. Ulyukayev did not plead guilty during questioning.
A Russian lawmaker suggests that if the United States really wants to punish those responsible for the continuing crisis in Ukraine it should slap sanctions on billionaire George Soros, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and a number of US officials.