"Today I signed a plan to counter corruption. Work will start soon," Dmitry Medvedev said at a business conference.
The fight against corruption has become one of Medvedev's top priorities. Two weeks after his inauguration he signed a decree setting up a presidential anti-corruption council.
Kremlin administration chief Sergei Naryshkin, who heads the anti-corruption council's board, presented in late June a draft national anti-corruption program. Under it, all government bodies in Russia are invited to adopt their own anti-corruption plans by November 1, 2008, Naryshkin said.
Proposals have also been made to develop a system of incentives and safeguards for individuals who have provided reliable information about corruption, as well as mechanisms "stimulating anti-corruption behavior" among civil servants.
A relevant federal law is expected to be developed by October 1.
