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The fight against corruption will continue in the Russian Federation, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov told the media, a correspondent reports. DOPs with reference to TASS.
The Kremlin representative recalled that the Russian Federation has very, very strict legislation, a whole system is working.
“Naturally, it cannot be said that the problem has been eradicated … But this is not campaigning, but consistent long-term actions that will continue,” he added.
Previously became knownthat the head of state submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation a draft law on the denunciation of the convention on criminal liability for corruption.
The explanatory note to this document states that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, within the framework of a resolution on the legal and financial consequences of the termination of the membership of the Russian Federation in the Council of Europe, decided to terminate the full membership of the Russian Federation in the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), which, in accordance with the Convention, monitors its implementation by the parties.
“In accordance with the terms of this decision, the membership of the Russian Federation in GRECO is terminated, with the exception of cases when GRECO monitors the fulfillment by our country of obligations arising from the Convention, while the Russian Federation is deprived of the right to participate in the discussion or adoption of reports, as well as the right to vote. Due to the unacceptability of such conditions for the Russian Federation, as well as in order to take measures aimed at preventing a discriminatory attitude towards the Russian Federation within the framework of the GRECO evaluation mechanisms, it is proposed to denounce the Convention and terminate the participation of the Russian Federation in GRECO, ”it also says.
