HP Bribery Probe Shows Medvedev’s Uphill Battle with Corrpution

The same day Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announces his new “national strategy” to counter corruption, the German and US authorities begin a $10 million bribery probe into Hewlett-Packard executives. The investigation involves an incident that occurred over seven years ago, according to an Hewlett-Packard spokesman. Medvedev has made combating corruption a priority for his administration, but the corruption in Russia has deep roots.