Medvedev eyes preventive anti-corruption fight.

MOSCOW, June 24 (Itar-Tass) -- President Dmitry Medvedev believes
Russian labor laws should get a mechanism of preventive fight against
corruption although he realizes it may be used by employers to settle
accounts with subordinates.
"Today most dismissals are a result of disciplinary or administrative
offenses which have to be proved. But there are situations when the
employer should have the right to fire an employee in case of loss of
trust or a feeling the employee improperly fulfills his duties. The
problem is to dock the 'loss of trust' with legislation," he said at a
meeting with journalists of the Moscow News newspaper on Thursday.
He recalled the president can fire a governor for the loss of trust
like he did with Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. "But it is impossible to fire
an ordinary official (suspected of corruption). Such a situation with
state servants should be changed," Medvedev said.
He admitted "there is always a risk the legislative norm can be used
to settle accounts. But you will agree a superior will always find a way
to dismiss an employee he dislikes," Medvedev said.