Corruption Component of Innovative Activities

Abstract

The goal of this work is to research the corruption component of innovative activities in modern Russia from the standpoint of economic criminology and to develop recommendations for reducing it with the purpose of facilitating innovative economy. The authors use structural-functional, systemic, problem and logical analysis, methods of statistical (horizontal and trend) analysis and the method of formalization. The information and analytical basis of this work is the materials of official statistical reports of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation on criminal situation in January - December 2013-2016 and in January - September 2017. The authors also use the materials of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation on the long-term prognostication of social and economic development of Russia until 2030, and the materials of the International Business School INSEAD, Cornell University and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the Global Innovation Index for 2013-2017. The authors analyze the prerequisites for these crimes linked to the gaps and drawbacks in contemporary Russian legislation from the standpoint of economic criminology and present practical recommendations for eliminating them. They supplement the current legislation for corruption in the innovative area. It is expected that the practical implementation of these recommendations will contribute to the successful detection and solving of corruption crimes in the area of innovation as well as their prevention because a clear definition of such crimes will provide an evidence base, a threat of punishment will lower their appeal, while automation and public control will reduce opportunities for committing these crimes.