Interesting news out of the Kremlin yesterday. President Medvedev announced that he would be making major changes to the Interior Ministry, often considered to be the most corrupt in Russia. He dismissed the two top deputy ministers, 16 top police officials and ordered the entire head office cut from 20,000 to 10,000 personnel. These are big changes.
In addition, he has pledged to increase police salaries in an effort to curb corruption.
And exciting news for foreigners in Russia: I'm told that he plans to sign a decree which will forbid police from random document checks on foreigners, transfer the authority to the immigration service.
Moscow Times report here.
Friday, February 19, 2010
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