MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a package of measures to fight corruption, the Kremlin said Monday.
The documents list the officials who, along with their family members, must report their incomes, as well as rules for publishing the data.
Medvedev, 43, was sworn in as Russia's president on May 7, 2008. He made the fight against corruption one of his top priorities during his election campaign.
He marked the first anniversary of his inauguration by vowing to take the struggle against corruption under his personal control.
Shortly after taking office, Medvedev signed a decree to set up a presidential anti-corruption council and approved a plan to deal with the problem in July 2008, proposing that special units be created in every branch of government.
In line with the plan, Russian military officers, customs officials, judges and police are required to declare their income and assets.
Medvedev's tax declaration, published on the Kremlin official website, put his 2008 income at 4.14 million rubles ($129,000 at current rates). Medvedev's wife, Svetlana, has some 135,000 rubles ($4,200) in various bank accounts.
According to a recent nationwide survey, over 50% of Russians believe that corruption is an unavoidable and permanent fact of life, with 44% blaming it on the "greed and immorality" of officials.
