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Only minor corruption cases reach courts in Russia - Naryshkin

MOSCOW. Sept 24 (Interfax) - Very few high-ranking corrupt officials are prosecuted in Russia, Russian presidential administration chief Sergei Naryshkin said.

"It is alarming that most cases that reach the courts are obvious and not difficult. But even here we have problems with the quality of collected information," Naryshkin told a coordination meeting of the heads of the Russian law enforcement agencies addressing corruption on Thursday.

"And it is an extremely rare case when top officials, including law enforcement officials, are prosecuted," Naryshkin said.

"And their corruption does the most harm," he said.

"The level of corruption in our country is very high," Naryshkin said.

The national plan to combat corruption is aimed at consolidating the efforts taken by the state and society, but special responsibility rests with the law enforcement agencies, he said.

"The state will give us all necessary.