Corruption/ Russia

Moscow police chief: Price of Russia bribes going up  

The average cost of a bribe to a government official in Moscow rose 37 percent last year to 327,000 rubles ($5,250), Moscow police chief Anatoly Yakunin said last week.

Outside Moscow, in poorer regions of Russia, bribes averaged 139,000 rubles ($2,230), Yakunin said. He was citing a study by Moscow's police, the Moscow Times said.

Last year graft cost Russian's about 47 billion rubles ($762 million), the police study found.

Chief Yakunin said most bribes in Russia are paid in U.S. dollars and euros.