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| Russia's Zubkov confirmed as PM | Russia's Zubkov confirmed as PM |
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| Viktor Zubkov has been confirmed as Russia's new prime minister and has pledged to wage a war on corruption. | Viktor Zubkov has been confirmed as Russia's new prime minister and has pledged to wage a war on corruption. |
| The lower house of parliament voted 381 to 47 to approve his nomination, submitted by President Vladimir Putin in a surprise move on Wednesday. | The lower house of parliament voted 381 to 47 to approve his nomination, submitted by President Vladimir Putin in a surprise move on Wednesday. |
| He told MPs that corruption "permeates our society" and a law was needed to fight it systematically. | |
| Mr Zubkov, 65, also said his priority would be ensuring stability and innovation in the Russian economy. | |
| He pledged to develop Russia's "traditionally strong sectors" such as the aircraft industry and shipbuilding. | He pledged to develop Russia's "traditionally strong sectors" such as the aircraft industry and shipbuilding. |
| Mr Zubkov is a former financial crime investigator, who has also worked as a state farm manager. | Mr Zubkov is a former financial crime investigator, who has also worked as a state farm manager. |
| He also served in the St Petersburg city administration, where he was a colleague of Vladimir Putin. | He also served in the St Petersburg city administration, where he was a colleague of Vladimir Putin. |
| He has not ruled out running for the presidency next March to succeed Mr Putin. | He has not ruled out running for the presidency next March to succeed Mr Putin. |
| Coercion not enough | |
| "What could ruin Russia is lack of professionalism and corruption," Mr Zubkov told MPs in the Russian state Duma. | |
| "Corruption permeates our society. That is why of course measures need to be taken, and the sooner the better." | |
| The new prime minister said in Russia "we speak a lot about corruption, yet there is no clear-cut definition of what corruption is, and nobody knows how to fight it". | |
| Corruption should be inadmissible at any level Viktor ZubkovRussian prime Minister | |
| He said a law was needed to set up a body like the department he once headed (Rosfinmonitoring - the Federal Financial Monitoring Service) to be able to "to deal with corruption issues regularly, on a day-to-day rather than ad hoc basis". | |
| And he suggested that the body could resemble the National Anti-terrorism Committee. | |
| "Corruption should be inadmissible at any level, be it municipal, regional or federal," Mr Zubkov said, warning that repressive measures alone could not root it out. | |
| "Society itself should fight corruption... Society should work together with the law-enforcement agencies. Only then could this system sort out this issue." | |
| Among his government's priorities, Mr Zubkov listed: | |