Via a link on the FCPA Blog I saw today that a Siberian artist named Vasily Slonov has taken a humorous poke at Russia’s growing reputation for corruption in business and government through the creation of specialized “bribe envelopes.”
After all, why would anyone preparing to pay a bribe settle for stuffing cash in a boring and plain white envelope when they could use a bribe envelope specially decorated with the text of the Russian criminal code article that deals with bribery? “Friends, let’s make life beautiful. Let’s improve the culture of giving bribes,” Slonov reportedly posted on his Facebook page as he announced his new creation, which can be seen below in this photo from The Moscow Times:
