A police officer convicted for corruption. Photo credit: tut.by
Last month, Alexander Lukashenka pardoned six top officials charged with corruption. Not only that – he appointed them to manage unprofitable state-owned enterprises.
The decision reflects a haphazard approach to fighting corruption. Belarus ranked 107 out of 168 countries in a recent report by Transparency International, a non-governmental organisation that monitors corporate and political corruption in international development. Belarus’ ranks is better than Russia and Ukraine but much worse that in the European Union.
Belarusian authorities recently promulgated …read more
Source: Belarus Digest
