anti-corruption measures in russia
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Specifics of some anti corruption measures in Russia within the framework of public and state security
In the current difficult conditions for the economy of our state, corruption crimes represent a higher level of danger. It is necessary to reform anti corruption activities in order to increase its effectiveness. One of the radical measures in the field of anti corruption will be the abolition of the presumption of innocence for corrupt illegal acts. The presumption of inno cence is a fundamental and irremovable principle of criminal law, which is enshrined in article 14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. Violation of this principle is impossible for criminal proceedings, but modern circumstances require timely, prompt, and sometimes radical so lutions. It is worth not to neglect the measures of "insuring" on the part of law enforcement agencies, since otherwise it will increase the share of cor ruption crimes in law enforcement agencies. The content of paragraph 4 of article 14 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation is man datory even if the presumption of innocence for corruption crimes is can celed: "A conviction cannot be based on assumptions" At the same time, the principle of differentiation of punishment will be implemented by assigning the term of imprisonment from the minimum to the maximum, depending on the severity of the illegal act.
Tatyana Plotnikova Andrey V Paramonov
236145208
Between the state and civil society: Anti corruption discourse of movements and non governmental organisations in Russia
Abstract The main objective of the article is to define the main strategies of discourse of an anti corruption civil society (ACS) and to analyse functioning of its main models, which are presented by the activity of three organisations: The All Russia People's Front, the Transparency International Russia, and the Anti Corruption Foundation. For this analysis, we selected the content analysis and critical discourse analysis of anti corruption investigations and used other documents demonstrating the organisations' activities. According to the research results, all three models exist in Russia but their correlation is asymmetric. All Russia People's Front acts on behalf of the state as the main anti corruption agent. Transparency International presents itself as a part of the global anti corruption movement based on the principles of professionalism and political independency. The Anti Corruption Foundation declares that state authorities are corrupt and therefore cannot fight against corruption using adequate measures. The asymmetry of the models presented is determined by the lack of checks and balances in the country, where the state presents itself as the single agent of curbing corruption and creates fictive anti corruption civil society.
Research in Social Change
Marina Makarova
202305783
Statistic Accounting as an Anti Corruption Measure in Russia
The present study is devoted to corruption combating issues in the Russian Federation. This ill of the society is officially recognized as a threat to national security. Evaluating of the applied set of measures against corruption speaks for its inefficiency. The venal practices situation in Russia does not alter fundamentally. One of the reasons for the failure of corruption related criminal practice combating is the faulty statistical accounting system. In particular, it recognizes as corruption related crimes the conducts which are not actually such. High annual crime detection figures provide deceptive impression of the success of corruption combating by police officers. In the follow up of the study, we conclude about necessity to reduce the list of corruption offences, which must contain only crimes like abuse of power, bribery, and other crimes against lawfulness in the spheres of public authority and
Valery Filippovich Anisimov Valery Fedorovich Lapshin Liudmila Blashkova
156286842
Russia's Anti corruption Measures and Its Enlightenments
One of the serious problems that troubles Russia's economic and social development is corruption.Generations of government leaders have made positive efforts to solve this problem,especially the former President Medvedev.Together with the former Prime Minister Putin,he made the "Anti corruption National Strategy",promulgated a series of anti corruption laws and regulations,and established a series of anti corruption measures including special anti corruption working mechanisms and officials' property declaration and openness system and so on.These measures have positive enlightenments for anti corruption in China.
Qi Xiaoa
214556506
Anti Corruption Legislation of Russia: A Retrospective Analysis of the Formation of the Mechanism of Legal Effect
The paper investigates methodological, organizational and practical aspects of the legal effect on corruption during the period of formation and development of the national statehood. The novelty of the subject under consideration lies in the issue associated with: 1) the disclosure of the causes and conditions of corruption as a socially negative phenomenon at certain stages of the state and legal development; 2) identification of key directions of the legal policy in the field of anti corruption predetermined by socio economic and political transformations. In the course of achieving the goal of the study, the author has applied special legal methods of cognition contributing to the retrospective analysis of the legal regulation of legal liability for corruption related offenses. As the result of the study, the paper shows the legal nature of corruption, its essential specificities and features as a socially negative phenomenon. The authors have identified peculiarities of anti corruption measures undertaken during the period of the Russian statehood under review. Also, they have determined the tendencies in the legal regulation of corruption related crimes and defined the features of the mechanism of the legal regulation of legal responsibility for corruption. The authors have expressed their opinion about the absence of categorical and legal assessment of the concept of corruption in the domestic legislation of the period under review that would predetermine recognition of measures having effect under criminal law as a strategic resource of counteracting corruption related offenses. The paper draws conclusions about the factors inspiring the legislative regulation of corruption related crimes and about the specifics of the implementation of punishment and other measures under criminal law.
Olga Anatolyevna Avdeeva Vadim Avdeevich Avdeev
211404174
ANTI CORRUPTION THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LEGISLATION OF RUSSIA
Purpose: In article current trends of application of the criminal procedure legislation of the Russian Federation in compliance with the purpose of criminal legal proceedings and in the context of counteraction corruption and prevention of abuse of the law of the officials who are carrying out criminal prosecution and judicial review and permission of criminal cases are stated. Methodology: In the course of the research of problematic issues and statements of the material of the article the dialectic, comparative and legal, law modeling, logical, inductive and deductive methods were used. Result: As shows investigative and judicial practicians there are enough the facts of unreasonable initiation of legal proceedings concerning businessmen, with an application of measures of criminal procedure coercion (arrest on the property, blocking of bank accounts and so forth) which result is crash of firm. Change of territorial jurisdiction of consideration of the case of another region by the court is directed to the elimination of a possibility of rendering an impact on objectivity of adjudication. Casual distribution of participation of the lawyer in a criminal case to a destination (when he has to be present surely for protection of the defendant) promotes impartiality of realization of the function of protection in pre judicial production. The intention of the legislator to enter the obligatory video protocol of court session is directed to a performance by all participants of the process of legal instructions and duties will eliminate possible manifestations of corruption character by officials. Applications: This research can be used for universities, teachers, and students. Novelty/Originality: In this research, the model of Anti Corruption The Criminal Procedure Legislation of Russia is presented in a comprehensive and complete manner.
Humanities Social Sciences Reviews
Alexander Yurevich Epihin Oleg Aleksandrovich Zaitsev Ekaterina Pavlovna Grishina Andrey Viktorovich Mishin Gulnar Isaevna Aliyeva
168508747
Some Anti Corruption Strategies in Doing Business in Russia
The modern paradigm of corruption research that corruption should be defined, measured, and converted into anti corruption measures is currently undergoing substantial revision (cf. Ledeneva 2009, 2013, Barsukova Ledeneva 2014) One of the arguments is that certain phenomena that are defined as corruption in the West, might be a social norm or a tradition in other cultures. How does this affect the business activities of foreign companies in Russia? How should foreign companies deal with these problems while striking a balance between Western standards and the rules of the game on the Russian market? If companies violate the Western rules of conduct, it can have an impact on their other markets as well as their relations with international organizations and on exchanges. If they reject the Russian norms, however, they can lose their local market opportunities as well as the benefits of market expansion in the country (Shekshnia et al. 2014, Denisova Schmidt et al. 2014, Denisova Schmidt Kryzhko 2015) Drawing from our empirical studies, this paper presents and discusses several recent examples, including such concepts as "gifts" "nepotism" "accepting benefits" and "informal networks"
Elena Denisova-Schmidt Olena Kryzhko
234666087
Main Directions and Experience in Implementing State Policy of Anti Corruption Education in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and Germany (Comparative Legal Aspect)
This article reviewed the experience of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and Germany in formulating and implementing State anti corruption education policies. The Russian Federation does not have any positive changes in terms of its world ranking on prevention and combating of corruption, the Corruption Perception Index, so the Republic of Belarus, a country of the post Soviet area, was selected for a comparative legal study, as well as Germany, due to its consistently high ranking and similarity of its legal system with Russia. A study of national anti corruption legislation and education in general and anti corruption education in particular showed that it is not only in Russia that there is no systematic approach to anti corruption education as a preventive measure against corruption offences. Although anti corruption education has received considerable attention at the national level in each of the countries examined, the measures taken to promote it are ad hoc and not systematic. National legislation does not contain regulations governing education and there is no logical link between various actors involved in anti corruption education. The results of the study revealed shortcomings of Russian legislation in the area of anti corruption education and concluded that the achievements of the Republic of Belarus and Germany in combating corruption were most likely linked to other areas and measures to combat and prevent corruption but not to anti corruption education. It has been shown that in order to increase the effectiveness of anti corruption education measures, Russia needs to apply international acts regulating not only anti corruption issues but also educational activities and build a system of social relations in this area with all actors involved in educational activities, on the basis of interconnectedness and interdependence.
Elena B Kozlova Tatyana Taranova Nikolay Sergeevich Budnetskiy Zemfira M Kazachkova
216289822
Anti corruption as one of the key vectors of state policy: world and Russian experience
The purpose of the article is to study the anti corruption policy in Russia and abroad, identify and characterize the main anti corruption strategies. Comparative studies were chosen as the main method of scientific research, and case studies were used to analyze the anti corruption strategies of a number of countries: the United States, great Britain, Germany, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, China, Japan and Singapore; in comparison with Russia. The causes of corruption are analyzed, and measures aimed at preventing it are identified. It is hypothesized that only by using various anti corruption strategies in combination, it is possible to effectively resist corruption. Three main strategies are identified: systematic elimination of the causes of corruption, aimed at reducing the risks and losses from corruption; a strategy of war, based on the use of punitive measures against corrupt officials; a strategy of conscious passivity, when the government does not actually take measures to eliminate corruption. In Russia during the 90's and up to 2008. the strategy of conscious passivity was applied, then we switched to a strategy of systematic elimination of the causes that generate corruption. The theoretical significance of the research results presented in the article is a review of the world and Russian experience in countering corruption and the measures used, and an assessment of their effectiveness in fighting it.
Roman R Alekseev
224961905
Information Technologies as a Tool for Preventing Corruption in Organizations in Russia
The article deals with certain aspects of prevention of corruption offenses committed in enterprises, organizations and corporations. Corporate corruption is one of the many types and manifestations of corruption that causes especially great damage to the country's economy. That's why, anti corruption activities at enterprises should be considered as one of the main and priority areas of the Russian state anti corruption policy. Prevention of corruption is a priority in anti corruption activities in enterprises, where measures are taken to prevent corruption, including identifying and subsequently eliminating the causes of corporate corruption. An important role in prevention is assigned to enterprises and organizations themselves, which, in accordance with the law, are obliged to create conditions and take measures to prevent corruption. The effectiveness of the implementation of anti corruption measures in the organization is significantly increased when using information technologies. The study analyzes the possibilities of information technologies on the example of carrying out certain anti corruption measures recommended to organizations, shows their impact on reducing corruption risks, increasing the transparency of business processes, automating anti corruption audit, and discusses debatable issues regarding their implementation.
Renat R Khasnutdinov N S Maloletkina