Will Moscow Crack Down on Far Eastern Corruption?

Author(s): Oleg Ssylka
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 11
Pages: 18-20
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2006

In the Far East, everyone is waiting to see how Moscow's high profile battle with corruption on the Russian-Chinese border will end. In recent months, several high level officials have been fired and the head of the Customs Service has been arrested. However, many local observers claim that recent events are not part of a real campaign against corruption, but simply an attempt by one group to exert its power over others. What the ultimate outcome will be remains unclear.

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