Russia Government Workers

Sergei Meshcherinov was more than happy to slip $50 to an overworked government secretary to get his housing registration changed in a day instead of a month. Grigory Tsvetkov was equally unruffled by the $400 charged by friends and relatives of federal customs service agents to spare him five days of waiting in line to receive the used car he imported.

Sergei Meshcherinov was more than happy to slip $50 to an overworked government secretary to get his housing registration changed in a day instead of a month. Grigory Tsvetkov was equally unruffled by the $400 charged by friends and relatives of federal customs service agents to spare him five days of waiting in line to receive the used car he imported.