Labor Ministry Develops Draft Whistleblower Protection Act

On 7 February 2017 the draft federal law prepared by the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation updating Federal Law No. 273-FZ on Countering Corruption of 25 December 2008 (the "Draft Law") was published on the federal portal for draft legal regulatory acts.

The Draft Law establishes a number of legal measures intended to protect people who report corruption (whistleblowers) and who otherwise  assist  countering corruption. For example, assistance is considered the reporting of additional facts of a corruption offense, provision of information about the location of a wanted person who has committed a corruption offense, and other participation by individuals in the process of detecting, stopping, exposing and investigating a corruption offense. These individuals should report a corruption offense to the employer, prosecution or law enforcement authorities.