How Anti-Corruption Laws Work in Russia

Autor(en): Svetlana Tulaeva
Herausgeber: Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Serie: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Ausgabe: 92
Seiten: 9-12
Verlag(e): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute of History, University of Basel
Publikationsjahr: 2011

This article examines the corrupt practices that companies use to rent forest plots. The analysis traces the development of the forestry law on auctions, which should have guaranteed honest competition for all participants and blocked informal relations between bureaucrats and businessmen. Unfortunately, in practice, the law's implementation leads to new corrupt practices aimed at circumventing the recently imposed legal barriers.

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