In Belarus, plans are underway to improve anti-corruption legislation. One of the proposals is to abandon the annual submission of declarations of income and property for government officials. This was stated by the General Prosecutor of Belarus, Dmitry Gora, during a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic.

Monitoring instead of annual declarations

Currently, the issue of canceling the annual submission of declarations is being worked out, according to Belta. Instead, a authorized state body will monitor the financial situation of government officials and other officials.

"The main efforts are focused on ensuring effective control over the property situation of officials and combating their illegal enrichment. At present, at the initiative of the House of Representatives, work is underway on changes to the rules for declaring income and property. The issue of canceling the annual submission of declarations is being worked out," noted Dmitry Gora.

It is also planned to change the rules related to foreign bank accounts. For government officials and officials of state organizations, the corresponding ban is retained, but exceptions are provided. In particular, abroad they will be able to receive payments under executive documents, social and insurance payments, as well as inheritances.

Almost 1.5 thousand corruption crimes

Over the past year and a half, almost 1.5 thousand corruption crimes have been registered in Belarus. The majority of these were embezzlement and bribery. More than 1.2 thousand people have been held accountable.

The prosecutor's office pays special attention to industry, agriculture, and construction. As a result of checks on compliance with anti-corruption legislation, 236 criminal cases have been initiated.

Bribes in procurement reached 190 thousand rubles

A separate area of work is the fight against illegal intermediation and corruption in government procurement.

According to the General Prosecutor, a scheme of bribery of officials of industrial organizations, agriculture, and housing and communal services, transport, and road construction during the supply of electrical equipment was identified.

"The size of the bribes was up to 10% of the cost of the purchased equipment and reached 190 thousand rubles. The total amount of detected bribes is over 750 thousand rubles," Dmitry Gora reported.

Due to violations of procurement legislation, by the prescriptions of prosecutors, more than 1.3 thousand procedures with a total value of over 330 million rubles were canceled.

Fines for companies

Accountability is being enforced not only against individual officials, but also against legal entities that participate in bribing officials.

In 2025 and the current year, at the initiative of the prosecutor's office, 210 organizations, including foreign ones, were held administratively liable. The total amount of fines was around 2 million rubles.

In addition, it is planned to create a register of such companies. It will be used to restrict the participation of violators in government and other procurements.