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seven Duma deputies has issued an open letter calling for the creation of a
national nonpartisan movement called Clean Hands to root out corruption,
Regnum reported on 26 May. "Because of corruption, the long bloody butchery
in Chechnya continues; the economy is stagnant; the national wealth and
resources are being mercilessly plundered; industrial production and small
businesses are being strangled; and arbitrary bureaucratic rule prevails,"
the letter states. The deputies called for a national anticorruption
movement and a purge of law enforcement agencies modeled on Italian
anti-mafia efforts. The letter was signed Yurii Shchekochikhin (Yabloko),
Aleksandr Gurov (Unity), Vladislav Reznik (Russian Regions), Oleg Finko
(Liberal Democratic Party of Russia), and Aleksandr Kulikov (Communist).
See also:
YABLOKO Against Corruption
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, May 27, 2003
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