Judicial openness and transparency is a most exciting issue. While Russia discusses official websites of the courts, Ukrainian judicial officials protest against obligatory open publication of their income/property declarations.

President Dmitry Medvedev submitted for review to the State Duma a bill on amendments to the Criminal Code and the Administrative Violations Code. For corruption or bribes, large fines are proposed.

In Moldova, the FOI act functions since 2000, but the head of the Chisinau city refuses to provide information on salaries of the city administration staff. Some local lawyers plan to file a court case against his refusal.