Amnesty bill/ Russia

No amnesty for top level corruption convicts on Victory Day – report

The Kremlin is unlikely to support an amnesty bill prepared by the Presidential Council on Human Rights and will amend it to exclude those convicted or suspected of high profile corruption crimes, a popular Russian daily reports.

The Izvestia newspaper quoted unnamed sources in the Human Rights Council as saying they expected the presidential administration to make substantial changes to the bill, which legislates for a major amnesty in connection with the 70th anniversary of Russia’s victory in the Second World War.