This is a list of high-profile people convicted for bribery in Russia.
According to Chief Military Prosecutor of Russia , in 2010 the corruption in Russian Armed Forces amounted over 6.5 trillion roubles.
In December 2018, RussiaâÂÂs Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika reported 7,800 corruption convictions in 2018, including of 837 law enforcement officers, 63 elected officials at regional and municipal levels, and 606 federal, regional, and municipal officials.
- 2001: Valentin Kovalyov, former Minister of Justice, 9 years
- 2006: , former Lieutenant-General of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, ; 20 years, released in 2014 due to health
- 2008: , former mayor of Tolyatti, 7 years, released on probation ahead of time in 2012
- 2011: Anatoli Bashlakov, former chief of Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 7 years.
- 2011: , former mayor of Smolensk, 4 years and fine
- On 19 September 2015 Vyacheslav Gayzer, Head of the Komi Republic was arrested, but in 2017 the initial charges were dropped. However on June 10, 2019 he was sentenced for 11 years of strict regimen penal colony.
- 2012: Yuri Sleptsov, former mayor of Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, 18.1 million rouble fine
- 2013: Vyacheslav Dudka, 9.5 years of penal colony, former governor of Tula Oblast
- 2017: On November 14, 2016, Alexey Ulyukaev, Minister for Economic Development, was arrested by Investigative Committee, allegedly for receiving a bribe of 2,000,000 US Dollars. In 2017 the was sentenced for fine and 8 years of colony.
- 2018: On June 24, 2016, Nikita Belykh, governor of Perm Oblast, was arrested in a bar by Russian Investigative Committee, allegedly for receiving a bribe of 400,000 Euros. In 2018 he was sentenced for 8 years and fine 48.2 million rubles.
- 2018: On March 2015 Aleksandr Khoroshavin, Governor of Sakhalin Oblast, was arrested after being accused of taking bribes, equivalent of US$5.6 million In 2018 he was sentenced for 13 years and 500 million rubles fine.
- 2019âÂÂ2023: In 2019 Mikhail Abyzov, a major businessman and a minister under Dmitry Medvedev, was charged of defrauding Siberian energy companies of $62m and moving the proceeds offshore. He was arrested in March 2019. In 2023, Abyzov was sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of embezzlement and criminal conspiracy. He was incriminated that in violation of the Federal "On combating corruption" and other laws, he filed false information about income and property.
- January 17, 2025: Major General , the Russian commander of the 1st Special Purpose Air and Missile Defence Army, which protects Moscow from airstrikes was accused of bribery in September 2023 and convicted for 8 years of penal colony, however he applied for service in the "Special military operation" in Ukraine.
- July 1, 2025: Timur Ivanov, deputy Minister of Defense. On July 1 he was sentenced for 13 years of penal colony and 25 million ruble fine, stripped of all state awards, and banned from administrative positions for 4 years.
- April 17, 2025: Vadim Shamarin, former deputy Chief of Staff was convicted by a court-martial over the bribery charges and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.
- March 3, 2026: Major General Konstantin Kuvshinov, former head of the 9th Medical and Diagnostic Centre of RussiaâÂÂs Defence Ministry was accused of embezzling over RUB 57 million (approx. US$410,000) and bribery while concluding state contracts for medical supplies. On 3 March 2026 he was convicted to 7.5 years of penal colony.
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