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The average size of a bribe in Russia nearly...
unlikely to change in 2010. Two elements contribute to the problem of corruption: the bribe taker and the bribe maker," head of the Economic Security Department Alexander Nazarov said on Thursday.He noted, however, that the number of such cases did decrease by 7% in the first two months of 2010.
"A decrease of 7% isn"t exactly a sign of global victory but it does mean that the measures taken in 2009 are working."
Russia was ranked 146th of 180 in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2009, below countries like Nigeria and Ecuador. It moved up one place from 2008, when it was ranked 147th.
MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti)
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