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MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suggested a striking punishment for Russia’s bribe-hungry bureaucrats: off with their hands.
The quip, less a policy plan than a promise to get tough on rampant corruption, came during a Kremlin meeting with leading lawmakers. Stressing the severity of bribe-taking in Russia, Communist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov said that to put up an apartment house, builders must “put something in the paw” of every official with a say in the matter.
“Of course it would be good to chop off that paw, like in the Middle Ages,” Putin said. “That would probably be the best solution of all.”
