In Russia’s Rostov region, authorities are testing a controversial anti-corruption measure – police officers who refuse bribes are rewarded with the amounts they were offered.

In Russia, police corruption is a harsh reality that most people have to deal with on a daily basis, but in southern Russia’s Rostov region, people are even more worried than before, because of a new measure implemented by the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Advertised as a way to fight corruption among police, the new directive rewards police officers who refuse bribes and report people trying to offer them. It sounds a bit strange, as police are only doing their job by refusing bribes, but the head of the directorate has already confirmed the initiative, adding that some officers have already been rewarded with the amounts of money they had illicitly been offered while exercising their duties.