Graft crackdown hides wartime corruption
More and more corruption cases have been brought against officials, with representatives of security agencies and federal agencies frequently finding themselves in the dock.
A surge in corruption arrests in Russia during the war in Ukraine has sparked debate about the Kremlin's commitment to tackling graft. Security and federal agency officials have been among those most frequently prosecuted, with the number of high-level detainees growing more than fivefold since 2022, according to research by the independent Cedar analytical center. The government claims these arrests are part of their anti-corruption campaign, highlighting the damage corruption causes to Russia's military capabilities.
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