Government watchdogs are unprofitable — in 2010 they spent 91.2 billion rubles but sought fines of only 12.5 billion rubles. To uncover a single violation, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection spends nearly 1 million rubles. The Economic Development Ministry has released a report evaluating the efficiency of supervisory agencies. Last year those agencies spent 91.2 billion rubles ($3.3 billion) in budget funds to perform checks and investigations, […]