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MOSCOW, May 20 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at a conference on the country's judicial system that independent courts are needed to end bribery and corruption.
Medvedev said that to push the judicial system toward independence, "we need to consider a whole range of issues aimed at eradicating unjust rulings that we know exist, and that often emerge as a result of various kinds of pressure, phone calls and, it cannot be denied, for money," RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.
"The main goal is to achieve the independence of the courts in their work. There is a well-known principle that judges should be subordinate only to the law, and this is essentially a basis for respecting a court, a belief in just court proceedings," the Russian president said.
Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, a participant in the conference, told The Moscow Times Medvedev has given officials one month to create a "national plan" for eliminating judicial bribery and corruption. He said the plan might include tougher punishments for those convicted on grafting charges.
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