Leonid Bershidsky of Bloomberg reports that Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov is not actually in violation of any Russian corruption law, which might be an indication of failures in Russian legislation.

Bershidsky notes Shuvalov has accumulated suspiciously large wealth while in office and through his privileged contacts with top business men, and to Western observers, his actions look like insider trading. However, nothing in the Russian law makes his actions a crime, and Shuvalov has been very open about his investments and business dealings.

Corruption fighter Alexey Navalny counters that Shuvalov has not been as open as his supporters suggest. He said, “There is every reason for Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov to be placed under investigation for receiving enormous bribes. Citizens Abramovich and Usmanov should also be placed under investigation and then in the dock next to Shuvalov.”

Despite Navalny’s protests, no investigation of Shuvalov has been ordered, and Putin’s spokeman Dmitri Peskov announced that “everything was legal.”

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