MOSCOW: Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that he will publicly declare his income and encouraged other officials to fight corruption by disclosing relatives' incomes and assets.

Medvedev, a former lawyer and law professor, has repeatedly called for stronger rule of law in Russia and pledged to combat rampant corruption. But there have been few signs of progress since he took over the presidency last May from Vladimir Putin, who shifted into the prime minister's chair.

Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has ranked Russia near Bangladesh, Kenya and Syria on a global corruption index. A Russian prosecutor said last summer that government officials' income from corruption amounts to the equivalent of about one-third of the national budget.