Corruption

Grappling With Graft

How to Combat the Growing Corruption Epidemic

Lebedev only partly right in calling for more enforcement

In his call for the establishment of an international anti-corruption agency during last week’s Economic Crime Conference in Cambridge, UK (We must create a global force to fight corruption), Alexander Lebedev put forward some convincing arguments about how putting a stop to corruption will have huge benefits for the economy and society. He’s right -- getting governments to work together to enforce the law more rigorously is a critical part of achieving that

Alexander Lebedev and Vladislav Inozemtsev: Western financiers welcomed dirty money but now it must be stopped

Today, the attention of policymakers and analysts around the world is focused on the crisis in Ukraine. They should not just be trying to predict where it goes from here, but also poring over its causes

The world came together to ban apartheid. It must do the same to tackle corruption

The entry pass to this separate world of international oligarchy are the billions stolen from the taxpayer by corrupt bureaucrats and fraudsters

Open letter to the participants of the G20 Summit in st. Petersburg

Today fight against corruption and fraud in the financial area is one of the main issues of the international agenda. But efforts of the civilization aimed at solving this problem often meet lack of not only cooperation but elementary mutual understanding between authorities of leading economic powers

After the final whistle – Ukraine's dark future corruption

As Kiev prepares for the last act of Euro 2012 – tomorrow night's final between Italy and Spain – the country is reflecting on a tournament that went a lot better than many expected in terms of organisation and fan experience. But attention is now turning to corruption allegations surrounding President Viktor Yanukovych and his government.

Lebedev takes on russian state TV stations with web channel

Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev will add an online television station with an editorial focus on uncovering corruption to his investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta to take on state broadcasters.

Russia Tense On Eve Of Presidential Vote

The government bused in many people from other cities for last month's big pro-Putin rally at a Moscow stadium. The locals there were mainly public sector workers. They form part of what the banker and newspaper publisher Alexander Lebedev calls Putin's nuclear electorate.

Beyond Electoral Fraud: Russians Protest Corruption

"I think none of the institutions in this country works," says businessman Alexander Lebedev. "I think the judges are not the judges, the police are not the police, the central bank inspectors are not the central bank inspectors, and finally, the bureaucrats are not the bureaucrats. They're after quick profit, through corruption."

The London finales

The shots fired on London’s respectable Byng Street on 20 March brought German Gorbuntsov, a banker with a vague past, to the front pages of the world’s leading newspapers. The scandal around the extradition to Lithuania of another escapee to London, former Snoras bank owner Vladimir Antonov, went unnoticed. But the two men appear to be so closely connected that their cases might as well be investigated as a single “Russian bank mafia” case.