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a new anti-corruption federal law.The announcement followed a decree revising the structure of federal executive bodies. The decree was signed by President Putin on September 25 as part of a highly-publicized, anti-corruption campaign.
In his brief speech to lawmakers on September 14, Zubkov pledged his commitment to policies pursued by President Putin, highlighting the war on corruption as one of his top priorities.
According to the decree, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring), a former subdivision of the Finance Ministry, will now answer to the Russian government.
The state-run agency aims to counter money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
The watchdog was established in November, 2001, and was headed for the first six years by Viktor Zubkov, Russia's newly elected prime minister.
The latest restructuring means that PM Zubkov will supervise the committee he so recently left.
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