Fighting Corruption: The Great Medical Kickback Scheme In mid-April 2011, the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament) passed, in all three readings at once, a package of government amendments to the law on public procurement, which was then swiftly approved by the Federation Council (the upper house) and signed by the president. Read the full article A good article about the upcoming procurement of medical equipment worth 1 trillion rubles from someone who spent many years supplying such equipment.