Putin said the open letter Makarevich

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested rock musician Andrei Makarevich, who introduced him, wrote an open letter to the high level of corruption in the country, a similar message to the company. As Putin told journalists, entrepreneurs, together with the state and the authorities. For such phenomena "The second letter should be addressed and the business community, because it is provoked to a large part of their Give a situation of this kind," - said the president. He pointed out that the state should certainly fight corruption carefully. "The fact that the government strengthen the fight against corruption - this is an obvious thing," - he added. He recalled that bribe in accordance with applicable legislation and the payer and both share responsibility. The fight against corruption, he said, not an easy task, it can not be solved only by repressive methods. "It is a multi-dimensional, is where we have to talk about the educational component, and talk to the provision of adequate economic conditions and tools that would be eradicated these problems here." - Said the President. Involved in this work should be the whole of society, he added. Answer a question, is not it, that he advised Makarevich name and assign it to the fight against corruption, Putin said. "The fact that respect human care of this problem - not bad How to root out corruption - I think a little that someone who pays attention to them, it can be said, offer effective ways to fight corruption." To solve this problem, not limited to general issues, in particular the development of democratic institutions and the need for thorough and multi-faceted work, Putin said. "We need to change the mentality of the society and so on. I have already said that we have to face both the economy, because to a large extent, they go on this way, try to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors, including for example win, "Procurement, - he added. In an open letter Makarevich particular indicate that in the last five or six years, an average rollback "in Russia more than two or even three times. During an interview with RIA Novosti, he said that he wrote to the president of the high level of corruption in the country . because the "accumulated" musicians in the letter also calls into question the objectivity of the Russian judiciary, said that "today our yard -. Or machine "admitted According to him, when all of this goes beyond the human, reasonable and acceptable, then there is quiet difficult. This Makarevich that" punishing offensive or receiving money from the plaintiffs is no one waiting for each response. "Russian authorities acknowledge that corruption -.. one of the main problems in Russia In this case, call representatives of the citizens of the country to actively defend their rights in court in an interview with the editors of foreign newspapers in March, Putin promised to make all public initiatives to eradicate corruption, said, however, the inadmissibility of using them as an instrument of political struggle.