In St. Petersburg, on November 2-8, 2026, two mediators were detained and arrested in a bribery mediation case. They suggested that the director of a commercial organization should hand over at least 21 million rubles to tax officials for excluding the company from the on-site tax audit program. One of the arrested is an employee of the information technology department of the Federal Tax Service. The transfer of part of the amount in dummy form was carried out under supervision at a cafe in Alexander Park. Both were arrested for two months.

In St. Petersburg, on November 2-8, 2026, two mediators were detained and arrested in a bribery mediation case. They suggested that the director of a commercial organization should hand over at least 21 million rubles to tax officials for excluding the company from the on-site tax audit program. One of the arrested is an employee of the information technology department of the Federal Tax Service. The transfer of part of the amount in dummy form was carried out under supervision at a cafe in Alexander Park. Both were arrested for two months.

In Yekaterinburg, on November 2-3, 2026, the Leninsky District Court and the Sverdlovsk Regional Court extended the detention until December 12 of the former deputy head of the Federal Tax Service of the Sverdlovsk Region, Olga Golanduchina, on the charge of receiving bribes on an extremely large scale.