general Information Sources

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2011.
• AFP: 'Medvedev backs Putin for president in 2012 election', 25 September 2011.
• Kyiv Post: 'Russian mayor killed after alleging corruption', 22 August 2011.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2011.
• The Wall Street Journal: 'Russia's Duma delays corruption bill vote', 21 March 2011.
• Коммерсантъ: 'Незаконному обогащению дали новый срок', 18 March 2011.
• Global Post: 'Vladimir Putin dogged by recent corruption scandals', 15 March 2011.
• Russia Today: 'United Russia to candidates: show the public your money', 9 March 2011.
• The Moscow Times: 'Friendly Oligarch Buys 'Putin' Palace', 4 March 2011.
• Bloomberg: 'Russia repels retailers as IKEA halt curtails Medvedev goal', 2 March 2011.
• The Moscow Times: 'More corruption controls - but bribes are getting bigger', 1 March 2011.
• The Moscow Times: 'Medvedev proposes fines of up to 100 times bribe size', 17 February 2011.
• Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Compliance Report 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Bureaucrats Go to School to Learn Honesty', 25 October 2010.
• Bloomberg: 'Medvedev Bond Gain Shows Luzhkov Ouster No Yukos for Market: Russia Credit', 29 September 2010.
• RT TV: 'High-ranking official gets booted for hiding incomes', 29 September 2010.
• Global Finance Magazine: 'Russia's Corruption Generates Equivalent Of 50% GDP - Watchdog', 2 August 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Cost of Bribe Nearly Doubles', 28 July 2010.
• RIA Novosti: 'Russia drags heels on fighting corruption - paper', 12 July 2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2010.
• RIA Novosti: 'Medvedev says may run in 2012 elections (Update 1)', 24 June 2010.
• The Wall Street Journal: 'Russia's Economic Czar Tackles Deficit, Bureaucracy', 23 June 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Kremlin Seeks to Ban Gifts for Bureaucrats', 24 May 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Medvedev Redefines Anti-Corruption Drive', 15 April 2010.
• AMT Consulting Group: 'Борьба с коррупцией в России переходит на международные стандарты', 9 April 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Russia 2010.
• BRIBEline: Russia Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2009.
• Gallup: Perceptions of Government Corruption High in Russia 2009.
• Legal500: Russia Adopts New Anti-Corruption Legislation 2009.
• Moskovski Komsomolets: 'Коррупцию в России узаконили', 17 December 2009.
• RIA Novosti: 'Russia pretends to fight corruption', 18 November 2009.
• Utro: 'Чиновникам осталось пять лет', 17 October 2009.
• RIA Novosti: 'СКП в етом году возбудил вдвое больше дел о коррупции, чем в прошлом', 16 October 2009.
• Visual RIA Novosti: 'Verdict on the corruption case in the Audit Chamber', 31 August 2009.
• Voice of America News: 'Analysts: Russia's Entrenched Corruption Defies Solutions', 6 August 2009.
• Reuters: 'CEOs use Obama visit to press Russia on rule of law', 3 July 2009.
• The Moscow Times: 'State Firm Heads Told To Declare Incomes', 19 May 2009.
• The Washington Times: 'Editorial: Rampant corruption in Russia', 26 March 2009.
• Reuters: 'Russia prosecutor accuses FinMin officials of theft', 12 February 2009.
• EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) 2008.
• State Duma: 'Госдума приняла в третьем чтении законопроекты, направленные на ликвидацию административных ограничений при осуществлении предпринимательской деятельности', 19 December 2008.
• Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds: Evaluation Report on the Russian Federation 2008.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2008.
• Transparency International: Bribe Payers Index 2008.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• CDI Johnson's Russia List: Researchers Study the 'Nature and Structure' of Russian Corruption 2008.
• Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Russia 2008.
• Los Angeles Times: 'Russian leader signs law extending presidential terms', 31 December 2008.
• RIA Novosti: 'Russian Duma approves anti-corruption bill in third reading', 29 December 2008.
• Bloomberg: 'Oligarchs Seek $78 Billion as Credit Woes Help Putin', 22 December 2008.
• The Economist: 'Grease my palm: Bribery and corruption have become endemic', 27 November 2008.
• Firebird Management LLC: 'New reports underscore doubts about Medvedev's anti-corruption plan', 14 September 2008.
• Forbes: 'Russia's $120 Billion Elephant: Corruption', 6 June 2008.
• RIA Novosti: 'Medvedev to head Russian anti-corruption council', 19 May 2008.
• Reuters: 'Russia's Medvedev unveils anti-corruption steps', 27 March 2008.
• Insidertailing.com: 'Red tape and corruption hamper Russia's retail', 26 March 2008.
• Newsweek: 'Rite of Passage', 21 February 2008.
• Jamestown Foundation: 'Researchers study the 'Nature and Structure' of Russian Corruption', 11 February 2008.
• CEFIR: Monitoring of the Administrative Barriers to Small Business Development in Russia 2007.
• INDEM & OPORA: Business Without Corruption: An Action Guide 2007.
• EBRD & World Bank: Life in Transition Survey - Russia 2007.
• Russian Business Monitor: Opinion Poll Results: 'Bribes Can Be the Best Way to Solve Problems', 12 October 2007.
• RFE & RL: 'Russia: Political Environment Dooms Bid to Fight Corruption', 21 September 2007.
• Moscow Times: 'State Aims to Rout Corrupt Officials', 5 March 2007.
• RussiaProfile.org: 'Anti-Corruption Drive Takes Off', 4 March 2007.
• INDEM Foundation: БИЗНЕС И КОРРУПЦИЯ: ПРОБЛЕМЫ ПРОТИВОДЕЙСТВИЯ 2006 (in Russian).
• The World Bank: Policy Note: Administrative and Regulatory Reform in Russia - Addressing Potential Sources of Corruption 2006.
• OECD: Investment Policy Reviews - Russian Federation - Enhancing Policy Transparency 2006 (in Russian).
• INDEM Foundation: Diagnostics of Russian Corruption 2005.
• OPORA Russia: Innovative Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship: Challenges of Development 2005.
• CEFIR: Entrepreneurship and Barriers to Entry 2005.
• INDEM Foundation: Business and Corruption: How To Combat Business Participation In Corruption 2004.
• Public Opinion Foundation.

Corruption Levels Sources

Judicial System

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2011.
• The Economist: 'The Khodorkovsky case: Another verdict', 16 February 2011.
• Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Compliance Report 2011.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2010.
• RIA Novosti: 'Russia drags heels on fighting corruption - paper', 12 July 2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Russia 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Council of Europe: Allegations of Politically-motivated Abuses of the Criminal Justice System in Council of Europe Member States 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2009.
• The Washington Post: 'Corruption Taints Courts In Russia, Report Says', 24 June 2009.
• ABC News: 'Khodorkovsky: Court Reform Crucial for Russia', 15 June 2009.
• The Washington Times: 'Editorial: Rampant corruption in Russia', 26 March 2009.
• BBC News: 'Russia judge resigns over 'bribe'', 17 February 2009.
• EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) 2008.
• Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds: Evaluation Report on the Russian Federation 2008.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• Firebird Management LLC: 'New reports underscore doubts about Medvedev's anti-corruption plan', 14 September 2008.
• EBRD & World Bank: Life in Transition Survey - Russia 2007.
• INDEM Foundation: Diagnostics of Russian Corruption 2005.

Police

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2011.
• Bloomberg: 'Medvedev orders online disclosures by Russian secret services', 10 August 2011.
• Ria Novosti: 'Russia to reopen Magnitsky investigation - paper', 2 August 2011.
• INO-TV: 'Закон о полиции не прошел тест на коррупцию', 7 July 2011.
• TrustLaw: 'President: Russia police must reform, fight terrorism', 7 February 2011.
• Reuters: 'Russia anti-graft chief busted for extorting $46 mln', 22 January 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2010.
• The Moscow News: 'Paying traffic fines - the easy way', 21 June 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Corrupt Police Officers Face Tougher Penalties', 19 April 2010.
• The Other Russia: 'Dymovsky Released from Detention Center', 8 March 2010.
• Agence France-Presse: 'Medvedev orders crackdown on Russian police corruption', 18 February 2010.
• BBC News: 'Russia's 'YouTube policeman' held', 22 January 2010.
• BRIBEline: Russia Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2009.
• Reuters: 'Russia to prosecute YouTube police whistleblower', 28 December 2009.
• The New York Times: 'Russia to Crack Down on Police Corruption', 25 December 2009.
• RIA Novosti: 'Medvedev moves to streamline Interior Ministry, fight corruption', 24 December 2009.
• State Duma: 'Госдума приняла в третьем чтении законопроекты, направленные на ликвидацию административных ограничений при осуществлении предпринимательской деятельности', 19 December 2008.
• The Wall Street Journal: 'Medvedev Removes a Top Police Official', 16 December 2009.
• Telegraph: 'Corruption probe that became fatal game of Russian roulette for Bill Browder', 30 November 2009.
• The New York Times: 'Russia Admits Lapses in Case of Sick Lawyer', 27 November 2009.
• The New York Times: 'Russia to Investigate Fund Lawyer’s Death', 25 November 2009.
• Telegraph: 'Russia refuses autopsy for anti-corruption lawyer', 19 November 2009.
• Prime-Tass: 'Russia's Medvedev reiterates call for rooting out corruption', 12 November 2009.
• CBS News: 'Whistleblower Tackles Russian Police Corruption', 10 November 2009.
• RIA Novosti: 'All Russian police to declare incomes from 2010', 25 September 2009.
• Voice of America News: 'Analysts: Russia's Entrenched Corruption Defies Solutions', 6 August 2009.
• CBS News: 'Fighting Corruption, Russian Style: CBS News Reports: Police Captain Gets Fired and Sued after Exposing Rampant Bribery by Cadets', 22 July 2009.
• Russia Today: 'Police tops Russia's corruption chart', 28 January 2009.
• Jurist: 'Russian corruption cases on the increase: Prosecutor', 12 January 2009.
• The Other Russia: 'Trying to Control Russia's Traffic Cops', 19 May 2008.
• Reuters: 'Russia's Medvedev unveils anti-corruption steps', 27 March 2008.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• CEFIR: Monitoring of the Administrative Barriers to Small Business Development in Russia 2007.
• EBRD & World Bank: Life in Transition Survey - Russia 2007.
• The World Bank: Policy Note: Administrative and Regulatory Reform in Russia - Addressing Potential Sources of Corruption 2006.
• CEFIR: Entrepreneurship and Barriers to Entry 2005.
• INDEM Foundation: Diagnostics of Russian Corruption 2005.
• INDEM Foundation: Business and Corruption: How To Combat Business Participation In Corruption 2004.

Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• The New York Times: 'Russian Site Smokes Out Corruption', 27 March 2011.
• Bloomberg: 'Russia repels retailers as IKEA halt curtails Medvedev goal', 2 March 2011.
• The Moscow Times: 'Fighter jets sold for USD 5 in fraud scheme', 28 February 2011.
• Guardian: 'Russia's chief whistleblower wants to jail the corrupt', 23 February 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2010.
• RT TV: 'High-ranking official gets booted for hiding incomes', 29 September 2010.
• Business Week: 'Russia Busts Crime Ring That Laundered $1.6 Billion (Update 1)', 1 March 2010.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• RIA Novosti: 'Russian health insurance official gets 7 years for corruption', 12 August 2009.
• The New York Times: 'Ikea Plans to Halt Investment in Russia', 24 June 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2008.
• EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) 2008.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Russia 2008.
• Reuters: 'Russia's Medvedev unveils anti-corruption steps', 27 March 2008.
• CEFIR: Monitoring of the Administrative Barriers to Small Business Development in Russia 2007.
• The World Bank: Administrative and Regulatory Reform in Russia - Addressing Potential Sources of Corruption - 2006.
• Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE): Strengthening Local Democracy in Russia: The Case for Business Associations 2006.
• OECD: Investment Policy Reviews - Russian Federation - Enhancing Policy Transparency 2006 (in Russian).
• INDEM Foundation: Diagnostics of Russian Corruption 2005.
• CEFIR: Monitoring the Administrative Barriers to Small Business Development 2005.

Land Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2011.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Russia 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• CEFIR: Monitoring of the Administrative Barriers to Small Business Development in Russia 2007.
• OECD: Investment Policy Reviews - Russian Federation - Enhancing Policy Transparency 2006 (in Russian).
• INDEM Foundation: Diagnostics of Russian Corruption 2005.
• INDEM Foundation: Business and Corruption: How To Combat Business Participation In Corruption 2004.

Tax Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• Business Week: 'Firestone Flees Moscow ‘Mafia’ Police as Browder Affair Widens', 17 February 2010.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• Reuters: 'CEOs use Obama visit to press Russia on rule of law', 3 July 2009.
• Reuters: 'CEO presses Kremlin chief on red-tape nightmare', 6 June 2009.
• EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) 2008.
• CDI Johnson's Russia List: Researchers Study the 'Nature and Structure' of Russian Corruption 2008.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• Swedish Trade Council: Landrapporter - Ryssland 2008 (in Swedish).
• INDEM & OPORA: Business Without Corruption: An Action Guide 2007.
• The World Bank: Administrative and Regulatory Reform in Russia - Addressing Potential Sources of Corruption 2006.
• OECD: Investment Policy Reviews - Russian Federation - Enhancing Policy Transparency 2006 (in Russian).
• CEFIR: Monitoring the Administrative Barriers to Small Business Development 2005.
• INDEM Foundation: Diagnostics of Russian Corruption 2005.

Customs Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2012.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• World Economic Forum: Global Enabling Trade Report 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) 2008.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• OECD: Investment Policy Reviews - Russian Federation - Enhancing Policy Transparency 2006 (in Russian).
• INDEM Foundation: Diagnostics of Russian Corruption 2005.

Public Procurement and Contracting

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'World Cup Gives Russia an Anti-Graft Goal', 6 December 2010.
• Bloomberg: 'Medvedev Bond Gain Shows Luzhkov Ouster No Yukos for Market: Russia Credit', 29 September 2010.
• RIA Novosti: 'Russia looks into Daimler corruption claims', 23 April 2010.
• Reuters: 'Russia looks into Daimler corruption charges - media', 23 April 2010.
• BBC News: 'Firms pledge no bibes in Russia', 21 April 2010.
• RIA Novosti: 'Hewlett-Packard offices in Moscow raided in bribery probe', 15 April 2010.
• The New York Times: 'Ikea Fires 2 Officials in Russia Bribe Case', 16 February 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Russia 2010.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• Moskovski Komsomolets: 'Коррупцию в России узаконили', 17 December 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• EBRD & World Bank: Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) 2008.
• The Washington Post: 'U.N. Cites $20 Million in Fraud', 21 October 2008.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• The World Bank: Policy Note: Administrative and Regulatory Reform in Russia - Addressing Potential Sources of Corruption 2006.
• OECD: Investment Policy Reviews - Russian Federation - Enhancing Policy Transparency 2006 (in Russian).

Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry

• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Russia 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• Reuters: 'Russia's Medvedev sees no graft campaign success', 12 May 2009.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• Transparency International: Corruption & the Environment 2006.
• OECD: Investment Policy Reviews - Russian Federation - Enhancing Policy Transparency 2006 (in Russian).

Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• The Moscow Times: 'Russia Signs OECD Anti-Bribery Convention', 26 May 2011.
• The Wall Street Journal: 'Russia's Duma delays corruption bill vote', 21 March 2011.
• Коммерсантъ: 'Незаконному обогащению дали новый срок', 18 March 2011.
• Russia Today: 'United Russia to candidates: show the public your money', 9 March 2011.
• The Moscow Times: 'More corruption controls - but bribes are getting bigger', 1 March 2011.
• The Moscow Times: 'Medvedev proposes fines of up to 100 times bribe size', 17 February 2011.
• Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Compliance Report 2011.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Bureaucrats Go to School to Learn Honesty', 25 October 2010.
• RT TV: 'High-ranking official gets booted for hiding incomes', 29 September 2010.
• Government's Official Website: 'Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in Volgograd on reducing administrative barriers in construction', 15 July 2010.
• RIA Novosti: 'Russia drags heels on fighting corruption - paper', 12 July 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Kremlin Seeks to Ban Gifts for Bureaucrats', 24 May 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Corrupt Police Officers Face Tougher Penalties', 19 April 2010.
• The Moscow Times: 'Medvedev Redefines Anti-Corruption Drive', 15 April 2010.
• AMT Consulting Group: 'Борьба с коррупцией в России переходит на международные стандарты', 9 April 2010.
• Business Week: 'Russia Busts Crime Ring That Laundered $1.6 Billion (Update 1)', 1 March 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Russia 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2009.
• Legal500: Russia Adopts New Anti-Corruption Legislation 2009.
• Russian Law Online: Encyclopedia of Russian Law 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Russia 2009.
• Moskovski Komsomolets: 'Коррупцию в России узаконили', 17 December 2009.
• Alinga Consulting Group: 'Russian Govt To Name 60 Public Services To Be Provided In Electronic Form', 26 August 2009.
• Voice of America News: 'Analysts: Russia's Entrenched Corruption Defies Solutions', 6 August 2009.
• The Washington Post: 'Corruption Taints Courts In Russia, Report Says', 24 June 2009.
• The Moscow Times: 'State Firm Heads Told To Declare Incomes', 19 May 2009.
• The Washington Times: 'Editorial: Rampant corruption in Russia', 26 March 2009.
• Reuters: 'Russian president targets graft with new rules', 10 March 2009.
• Public Anti-Corruption Committee: 'Закон «О противодействии коррупции» принят в Челябинской области', 3 February 2009.
• Russia Today: 'Police tops Russia's corruption chart', 28 January 2009.
• Council of Europe Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO): Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds: Evaluation Report on the Russian Federation 2008.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• Swedish Trade Council: Landrapporter - Ryssland 2008 (in Swedish).
• Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Russia 2008.
• Russia Today: 'Corruption: time to take gloves off', 29 October 2008.
• Ministry of the Interior of Russian Federation: 'Rashid Nurgaliev: there shall be no untouchable corruption officials', 14 October 2008.
• Johnson's Russia List: 'Independent Analyst Sceptical about Medvedev's Anti-Corruption Plan', 30 September 2008.
• RIA News: 'Medvedev to head Russian anti-corruption council', 19 May 2008.
• Moscow Times: 'Prosecution Reform Clears First Hurdle', 26 March 2007.
• infoDev e-Government: The e-Government Policy, Law and Regulation Survey Project - Russia 2006.
• OECD: Investment Policy Reviews - Russian Federation - Enhancing Policy Transparency 2006 (in Russian).
• Institute of the Information Society: e-Russia and e-Moscow Programs 2005.

Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• Space for Transparency: 'In Russia, the fight against corruption goes online', 22 November 2011
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2011.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2010.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Russia 2010.
• Reporters Without Borders: Russia Country Report 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press Index 2009.
• Freedom House: Nations in Transit - Russia 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Russia 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2009.
• RIA Novosti: 'Russia pretends to fight corruption', 18 November 2009.
• Voice of America News: 'Analysts: Russia's Entrenched Corruption Defies Solutions', 6 August 2009.
• Guardian: 'Russian Corruption Reporter Dies From Head Injury', 30 June 2009.
• The Daily Telegraph: 'Human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and reporter Anastasiya Barburova shot dead in Moscow', 20 January 2009.
• Technaute: 'A site for the fight against corruption in Russia', 7 January 2009.
• Global Integrity: Russia Country Report 2008.
• INDEM & OPORA: Business Without Corruption: An Action Guide 2007.
• The Moscow Times: 'Russian Election Observers Sidelined', 29 November 2007.