Fighting against corruption in modern Russia: problems and prospects

S. A. Vorontsov; A. Yu. Mamychev; A. V. Ponedelkov; Valentin G. Medvedev; R. G. Magomedkhanov

S. A. Vorontsov Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
A. Yu. Mamychev Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service.
A. V. Ponedelkov Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
Valentin G. Medvedev Togliatti State University.
R. G. Magomedkhanov Rostov State Economical University (Rostov Institute of national economy

Keywords: Corruption, bribery, spheres of corruption, objects of influence, level of corruption, anti-corruption education.

Abstract

The authors analyze the problems and perspectives of fighting against corruption in modern Russia based on the materials of a sociological survey conducted in November-December 2017 by the Laboratory of Problems of Improving the Efficiency of State and Municipal Management in the South-Russian Institute of Management (the branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration) in 15 regions of the Russian Federation within preparation for the Round Table with an international participation "Problems of fighting against corruption in the state and municipal service and ways to solve them in modern Russia" (16-17 February, 2018, Rostov-on-Don).
In the paper there are analyzed the assessments of experts on the content of corruption in Russia, its level; there are also identified threats to security formed by corruption manifestations. The authors clarify the main reasons for bribery of state and municipal employees, determine the areas affected by corruption to the greatest extent; examine the role of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On Fighting against corruption" in the implementation of anti-corruption measures, assess the effectiveness of the ban on employees to receive gifts in connection with their official position; examine the opinion of experts on the advisability of adding greater punitive measures or mitigation of punishment for bribery.
At the end of the paper, directions for improving anti-corruption activities are formulated. The authors of the paper concluded that the increase in the effectiveness of anti-corruption activities depends on the depth of corruption nature research and the forms of corruption manifestation in contemporary Russian society. In the current situation, along with the repressive method of suppression of corruption manifestations, the strategic direction of combating corruption should be to identify and eliminate the causes and factors that form corruption risks.

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Author Biographies

S. A. Vorontsov, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Juridical Science, Professor. Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation

A. Yu. Mamychev, Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service.

Doctor of Political Sciences, Candidate of Legal Sciences. Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service.

A. V. Ponedelkov, Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor. Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation. Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation

Valentin G. Medvedev, Togliatti State University.

Doctor of Juridical Science, Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law. Togliatti State University.

R. G. Magomedkhanov, Rostov State Economical University (Rostov Institute of national economy

Candidate of Juridical Science, Associate Professor. Taganrog Institute named after A. P. Chekhov (branch), Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Rostov State Economical University (Rostov Institute of national economy)".

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