ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the four scandals in detail are Yeltsin scandal, 'werewolves in epaulettes' scandal, The Sergei Magnitsky case and The Medvedev scandal. In part to highlight the wide range of corruption types present in today's Russia, and in part to demonstrate that such scandals have occurred at the highest levels. In the case of the 'werewolves in epaulettes', the original case initially had little impact on either legislation or policy within Russia. Sergei Magnitsky was a Russian lawyer and auditor who was arrested in November 2008 and imprisoned for purported involvement in alleged tax evasion by the Hermitage Capital Management Company. Even if most Russians did not protest in 2017 against Medvedev's alleged corruption, Navalnyi's allegations do appear to have found some resonance among the general public. The way in which these scandals have been dealt with in Russia, and their wider implications for policy, differs from case to case.
