As Kyiv pursues an anti-corruption campaign that has led to dismissals and resignations, President Vladimir Putin signed a law to suspend public disclosure rules.
In the latest indication of expanded state secrecy in wartime Russia, President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation that will exempt Russian lawmakers from a previous requirement that they disclose details of their income, expenses and property.The law, which will come into effect on March 1, will still require members of parliament to submit an income declaration, but in a summarized format without any personal data.
an aggressive anti-corruption sweep in recent days, aimed at assuring Western backers that billions in economic aid and donated weapons will be well-managed.Moscow’s new law was adopted in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, by a large majority: with only 24 of 450 lawmakers against it, and 18 abstaining.
With the world’s eyes focused on Russia’s onslaught in Ukraine, Pevchikh speculated that war has emboldened the Kremlin to gradually remove anti-corruption checks and balances. The shortcomings of Russia’s regular military have forced the Kremlin to rely on soldiers for hire, including the Wagner mercenary group, which for months has a led a fierce assault on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.On Monday, the head of Wagner, business executive Yevgeniy Prigozhin, claimed to have flown on a Sukhoi SU-24 fighter jet during a bombing run on Bakhmut, which is known in Russian as Artemovsk.
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