The Moscow Times spoke yesterday of a turf war erupting between the Prosecutor General’s office and the recently created Investigative Committee.  The dispute stemmed from the recent gambling ring bust in Moscow’s suburbs, an illegal operation which was allegedly covered up by the Prosecutor General.  He has, along with several others, been suspended.  Russia Profile has this analysis of the internecine sparring:

While corruption among officials and police is acknowledged to be a serious problem in Russia, scandals like the current one, where government agencies face off in a public manner, are a rarity. In theory, the Investigative Committee, which was created last December by Medvedev to cover crimes of a more serious nature, works alongside the General Prosecutor. Yet it stands to reason that structurally the two agencies would come into conflict as both struggle to define their changing roles.