The Russian Supreme Court clarifies what constitutes corruption offences

The Russian Supreme Court recently made important changes to Plenum Resolution No. 24 “On judicial practice in cases of bribery and other corruption crimes” dated 9 July 2013 and in particular expanded the elements that characterise corruption offences.

The court’s explanations apply both to “classical” bribery (i.e. in favour of public officials) and commercial bribery (i.e. bribery in favour of commercial organisation executives).