13 May 2006

Heads roll as Russia anti-graft campaign widens.

Reuters.co.in

MOSCOW — Heads rolled in Russia's three main law-enforcement bodies on Friday, two days after President Vladimir Putin said he would no longer tolerate corrupt civil servants. Ten senior officials, including three generals, were sacked from the Federal Security Service (FSB), Interior Ministry and Prosecutor General's office in the swiftest purge Russia has seen for years.

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