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Russia - Waiting For Justice

Assignment investigates allegations of corruption within Russia's criminal justice system.

Rebecca Kesby travels to Moscow for Assignment to investigate allegations of corruption within Russia's criminal justice system.

She finds a system where people can be held in prison for years without charge; where police are accused of receiving money to frame individuals and where judges are under intense pressure to convict.

Programme producer: Dina Newman.

(Image: Prison bars)

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25 minutes

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Sat 7 Jul 2012 03:05GMT
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