19 Dec 2011 13:06

Putin calls for screening state-owned companies for corruption in 2 months

CHERYOMUSHKI, Khakassia. Dec 19 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has bound relevant ministries together with law enforcers to screen all companies with a government stake for corruption schemes and connections with off-shore zones within two months.

"I request the Energy Ministry, the Economic Development Ministry, industry agencies within two months to check companies with a government stake such as Gazprom , Vnesheconombank, and it wouldn't hurt Sberbank either. Bring all things to an end," he said at a session of a government commission for advancing power engineering held at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro power plant.