Anti-corruption

Grounds for reporting corruption

Bribery means the receipt by a public official, a foreign public official or an official of a public international organisation, personally or through an intermediary, of money, securities or other property, or the unlawful provision to that official of services of a pecuniary nature or other property rights, in return for actions (or omissions) in favour of the bribe-giver or persons represented by the bribe-giver, where such actions (or omissions) fall within the official’s powers or the official can facilitate them by virtue of their position, or in return for general patronage or connivance in the performance of official duties.

Commercial bribery means the unlawful transfer of money, securities or other property to a person performing managerial functions in a commercial or other organisation, the provision to that person of services of a pecuniary nature or other property rights, in return for actions (or omissions) in the interests of the giver in connection with that person’s official position (Article 204, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

A conflict of interest is a situation in which an employee’s (organisation representative’s) direct or indirect personal interest affects or may affect the proper performance of their official (employment) duties, and in which a conflict arises or may arise between that personal interest and the rights and legitimate interests of the organisation, potentially harming the rights and legitimate interests, property and/or business reputation of the organisation that employs them or that they represent.

An employee’s (organisation representative’s) personal interest means an interest associated with the possibility of the employee (organisation representative), in performing their official duties, obtaining income in the form of money, valuables, other property, services of a pecuniary nature or other property rights, for themselves or third parties.

Please note that disseminating knowingly false information that discredits another person’s honour and dignity or undermines their reputation gives rise to liability under Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.