Last week, President Dmitry Medvedev approved and forwarded to the State Duma a raft of anti-corruption bills that introduce sweeping measures to fight corruption at all levels of the Russian government. The new legislation will significantly tighten governmental control over state officials' and their close relatives' incomes and property, and introduce new "conflict of interests" disclosure rules. Will Medvedev succeed in rooting out corruption in Russia? Or is his plan doomed, as some critics suggest?
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