Financial Risk:
High
Score:
39/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
50/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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The major laws that regulate asset disposal in the defence sector are the 1999 Government Decree No. 1165 ‘On the Disposal of Movable Military…
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First, there are secret and non-secret assets. Disposal of the former is classified. Among non-secret assets, it is neccessary to note the difference between…
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The MoD Property Relations Department publishes all information about every realised sale of a movable non-secret asset [1]. In addition, the department reports annually…
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Q25
50/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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A number of MoD departments, including the departments for property relations, financial procurement, financial planning, military-economic analysis and prognisis, and internal financial control and…
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The independence of the internal controls is questionable because the MoD departments are subordinate to the Minister [1], whereas the Accounts Chamber [2] and…
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The reports from the internal audit, for example by the Property Relations Department, are regularly published within a reasonable timeframe. They only provide a…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
25/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The percentage of secret parts in the budget is regularly very high and ‘violates Article 5 of Federal Law No. 5485-1 “On State Secrets”‘,…
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Q27
50/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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Article 209 of the Russian Budget Code states that ‘secret articles of the federal budget are reviewed at the closed hearings of [two] chambers…
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Q28
13/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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According to Article 209 of the Russian Budget Code, secret articles of the federal budget are reviewed at closed hearings of the Federal Council…
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The State Duma Committee on Defence annually produces reports about its work and these reports traditionally mention their discussions about the defence budget [1].…
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Q29
67/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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All defence-related expenditure, both secret and non-secret, is recorded in the federal budget [1], although the secret articles make up over 60% of the…
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Ministry of Defence Decree No. 300 ‘On Planning, Using and Revising Incomes Received by the Military Forces for Conducting Legally Permitted Activities’ of June…
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Expenditure related to military intelligence and contingency plans can be off-budget, but that happens quite rarely. This expenditure is not reported or particularly planned,…
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Q30
38/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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The federal law ‘On Providing Access to Information About the Work of State Agencies’ outlines the public’s right to access information from state agencies…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The federal law ‘On State Secrets’ [1] and the government decree ‘On the Rules…
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The Minister of Defence Decree No. 555 ‘On Measures to Realise Federal Law No. 59: “On Reviewing Citizens Appeals”‘ [1] outlines major channels, timelines…
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Q31
NEI/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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There is not enough information to score this indicator. There are a number of off-budget companies under MoD administration, including ‘DefenceForest (OboronLes)’ and ‘DefenceLogistics(OboronLogistika)’…
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The official MoD website presents a list of 13 subordinate companies [1], but it is not clear whether this list is complete and correct.…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
25/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Military-owned businesses do undergo some scrutiny, though the level of objectivity of this scrutiny is questionable because the audit agencies are either MoD-related or…
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There is no detailed audit information on the official websites of the MoD subordinate enterprises or the MoD financial control departments. The only publicly…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
75/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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Q77
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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None of the MoD financial or audit departments provide any information about MoD spending [1]. Only the Accounts Chamber’s annual report on the implementation…
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This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ because there is no information about actual defence expenditure.
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This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ because there is no information about actual defence expenditure.
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This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ because there is no information about actual defence expenditure.
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