Corruption fighter
Over a year ago, Medvedev promised to do something about corruption. Police corruption made the news earlier this month.Well, the topic is back in the news. It's hard not to see this as part of a political competition.
Russia to Crack Down on Police Corruption
President Dmitri A. Medvedev, confronting a series of scandals that have diminished the public’s already low confidence in the police, ordered a major overhaul of the force on Thursday that is to include a 20 percent reduction in its size.
Mr. Medvedev said the federal government should take more control over police departments across Russia in an effort to tamp down corruption. At the heart of his proposal is a reduction in the number of officers and an unspecified increase in pay for those who remain, so they would be less susceptible to bribes.
Mr. Medvedev also called for scaling back the Interior Ministry, reducing the number of senior police officials in the provinces and adding incentives to lure higher-quality recruits.
“People want members of the police who are morally impeccable to defend them, even more so in a legal sense,” Mr. Medvedev said on Thursday in an interview with the chief executives of the three state-run television networks. “They want to trust them. I am confident that we can create such a structure.”...
Mr. Medvedev, a former law professor, has portrayed himself as a modernizer who will tackle what he has termed Russia’s “legal nihilism.” Since taking office in May 2008, he has proposed many anti-corruption measures, though analysts say little has changed...
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