Russian Budget Theft Put at $250 Mln in 2012

The Russian state budget lost 7.9 billion rubles ($256 million) to graft between January and October of this year, the Investigative Committee said on Sunday, which is International Anti-Corruption Day. Only 1.3 billion rubles was returned to the state coffers so far, said the committee, a rough analogue of the FBI. Investigators opened about 20,700 corruption cases against various officials over the period, almost 7,000 more than in 2011, the committee said on its website. Two judges, 13 regional lawmakers and 19 prosecutors were among the people charged for graft this year, the report said.

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