Headline: Crackdowns and corporate governance Source: Euromoney Date: January 2001 Author: Ben Aris Corporate governance is back on the agenda in Russia. Along with squashing the oligarchs and bashing the regional governors, as part of Putin’s “law and order” drive, the president also wants to bring Russia’s companies to heel.
Other watchdogs are also growing more teeth. The Duma’s audit commission, headed by ex-prime minister Sergei Stepashin, has been transferred out from under the Duma and made directly subordinate to the president. |