State Duma approves law to keep members’ income tax and assets private in blow to transparency
The State Duma in Moscow gathers for its opening session of 2023. Lawmakers have voted to anonymise their tax returns.The State Duma in Moscow gathers for its opening session of 2023. Lawmakers have voted to anonymise their tax returns.Russia’s lower house of parliament has voted in favour of a bill that will lift the requirement for lawmakers to make public their annual income and assets reports, in a move that will significantly decrease transparency.
“This is about the protection of personal data,” one lawmaker, Pavel Krasheninnikov, was quoted as saying on the Duma website. In December, Putin issued a decree waiving the requirement for officials to declare income and assets for the duration of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.
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