The head of Russia's anti-graft agency has been arrested with roubles worth about R1,7bn. Photo: Flickr.com/ Bradjward
MOSCOW – The Kremlin on Monday insisted it was serious about tackling endemic graft in Russia after a top anti-corruption official was busted with over $120-million (R1,73-billion) in cash.
Dmitry Zakharchenko, the acting head of an anti-graft agency at the Russian interior ministry, was formally arrested on Saturday for receiving "especially large" bribes after police found banknotes worth more than $120m in a raid on a Moscow flat.
A Kremlin spokesman said President Vladimir Putin had been informed about the latest high-profile graft case to rock the country and insisted authorities were cracking down on rampant official graft.
"The fight against corruption is a very multi-faceted process, that is very bumpy and very complex," spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Critics of Kremlin strongman Putin insist he has turned a blind eye to widespread corruption as his close allies have amassed vast fortunes during his time in power.
In another recent high-profile corruption case, officials from the powerful Investigative Committee – Russia's equivalent of the FBI – were detained in July on suspicion of taking huge bribes from a mob boss in return for dropping his case.
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