Anti-Corruption Law Doesn’t Cover Presidential Legislation

A crown jewel of President Dmitry Medvedev’s anti-corruption drive is a 2009 law that gauges whether other legislation can be exploited by corrupt officials. But the law was never used to double-check Medvedev’s police reform — the most-discussed legislation of last year — and it has failed to produce any visible results, with the Justice Ministry keeping checks under wraps or not holding them at all. […]