Russia 

Entry into force of the Convention: 17 April 2012

Deposit of instrument of ratification/acceptance: 17 February 2012

Invitation to accede to the OECD Anti-Bribery: 25 May 2011

 Monitoring implementation

• Phase 1 report (pdf, 426 KB), 19 March 2012

Russia signs the Convention

17/02/2012 - Russia today took a major step toward upholding international anti-bribery standards by depositing its instrument of accession to the OECD Convention at a ceremony at the OECD in Paris.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría received Russia’s instrument of accession from First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Denisov and First Deputy Minister of Justice Fedorov.

Russia will become the 39th Party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention on 17 April 2012, 60 days after the ceremony.

> Russia joins OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

> Photos from the signing ceremony

25/05/2011 - On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary Ministerial Meeting, the OECD invited the Russian Federation to join the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery and to accede to the OECD’s Anti-Bribery Convention. Secretary-General Angel Gurría signed an exchange of letters with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrey Denisov, and Russia’s Minister for Economic Development, Elvira Nabiullina, at a ceremony with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting.

> OECD invites Russia to join Anti-Bribery Convention

> remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton 

> Photos from the invitation ceremony

Первый Заместитель Министра Иностранных Дел Российской Федерации Андрей Денисов поясняет, что Конвенция ОЭСP по борьбе с подкупом иностранных должностных лиц значит для России

Andrey Denisov, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, explains what the OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention means for Russia

Andrey Denisov, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, discusses anti-corruption and Russia's accession to the OECD

 News releases

• Russia joins OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, 17 February 2012
   
• OECD invites Russia to join Anti-Bribery Convention, 25 May 2011
   
• OECD welcomes Russia introducing law to make foreign bribery a crime, 5 May 2011

 Related documents

• Text of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
   
• OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: Procedure of Self- and Mutual Evaluation - Country Monitoring Principles
   
• Implementation and enforcement in other signatory countries