Corruption in Russia

Corrupt officials are siphoning off $120 billion dollars a year from the government's national budget according to a senior government prosecutor. This is approximately a third of the $376 billion dollar budget for 2008, highlighting the magnitude of the task facing President Dmitry Medvedev, who has pledged to take steps to eradicate corruption.
"The corruption level in the country remains extremely high," Medvedev said at a Kremlin meeting in June where anti-corruption measures were on the agenda.