President of Tatarstan: “We must not conceal facts of corruption”

Under current conditions it is impossible and inadmissible to conceal facts of corruption crimes and law-breaking, and Tatarstan leadership is willing to announce these facts in case of disclosure, the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said at a session of the Anti-corruption Council. Information about corruption crimes in the Republic of Tatarstan was presented at the public session with participation of media agencies.

Chief of the Presidential Department for anti-corruption policy Mars Badrutdinov mentioned facts of crimes of the corruption nature revealed in Tatarstan. According to information given by law enforcement bodies, for 2011 and 8 months of the current year 92 officials of municipal bodies and organisations were brought to responsibility for committing corruption crimes.

In particular, facts of corruption were revealed in the context of application of budget funds, especially upon performance of municipal contracts.

The Tatarstan President said that he is ashamed of those government employees whose names had been announced. “If we keep silent all the time, it will not yield good results. Time has changed. Offences of government employees must not be concealed,” President of Tatarstan said.

“Pay attention to your own and your relatives’ deeds. Everyone is responsible for his own actions. You represent the state power, and any corruption action undermines our authority,” President of republic addressed municipal leaders. He also noted that facts of corruption crimes will be announced in public from now on.