Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order establishing the Presidential Anti-Corruption Directorate. Oleg Plokhkoy has been appointed head of the new directorate.

The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office spoke with journalists about the results of auditing declarations by civil servants and staff at state corporations, as well as companies with state participation, conducted in 2013.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption.

Presidential Adviser Sergei Dubik participated in the fourth meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Anti-Corruption Academy.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 121 of the Federal Law On Countering Corruption.

The meeting will discuss the main lines of Russia’s state policy in the North Caucasus Federal District.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption.

Vladimir Putin met with Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Federal Migration Service Director Konstantin Romodanovsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee Vasily Piskarev and Acting Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin to discuss issues of fighting crime at major markets and countering corruption within the law enforcement agencies.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Matters of Countering Corruption, which approves the procedure for distributing information on federal civil servants’ incomes, expenditures and property on government authorities’ websites and providing such data to national media.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation regarding Prevention of Illegal Financial Operations.

Vladimir Putin discussed Russia’s forthcoming chairmanship of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental organisation that develops financial policies to combat money laundering, with Head of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring Yury Chikhanchin.

Presidential Aide Sergei Dubik participated in the third meeting of the International Anti-Corruption Academy Board of Governors.

The Presidential Civil Service and Personnel Directorate held a meeting with members of law enforcement and tax agencies on implementing anti-corruption legislation.

The conference was organised by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs as part of the annual Russian Business Week.

Presidential Adviser Sergei Dubik, elected as a Russian permanent member to the IACA Board of Governors for six years, took part in the Board’s second meeting, held in Laxenburg, Austria, on March 7 and 8, 2013.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in an expanded meeting of the Investigative Committee's Board.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption.

The Presidential Anti-Corruption Council Presidium has established a commission to coordinate the activities of federal executive bodies and other state agencies in implementing international anti-corruption agreements to which Russia is a party.