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Russia’s Civil Society 'Beats Authorities' in Tackling Corruption

22:03 02/05/2012 MOSCOW, May 2 (RIA Novosti, Maria Kuchma)

Russia’s civil society has made a dramatic leap forward over the past three years and is doing much more to curb corruption than the authorities, Yelena Panfilova, a prominent, outgoing member of the presidential anti-corruption and human rights council, said on Wednesday.

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