Institutional Basis of Anti-Corruption Policy in Russia: Retrospect and Modern View

Abstract

Today corruption takes on a distinct interstate and interethnic character, threatens the security and stability of an individual state, undermines the credibility of its public institutions and significantly reduces the country’s prestige in the eyes of the world community. Thus, the search for the most effective anti-corruption models, an understanding of its institutional nature and the logic of fundamental changes play a paramount role in the study of issues conducted by public authorities on anti-corruption policies at the domestic level. The organization of interaction between the hierarchical and horizontal anti-corruption systems of law enforcement in the context of institutional frameworks is also important since the parameters of such interaction and the main directions of anti-corruption activity as a whole are determined by the system of state legislation aimed at combating corruption, which determines the relevance of its study from these positions. This article discusses historic legal documents and new normative legal acts that form the basis of the institutional nature of the state anti-corruption policy in Russia. A retrospective analysis of the legislative framework in the field under study is carried out, and promising directions for its improvement are determined. The need to clarify certain aspects in the context of the development of anti-corruption legislation in the Russian Federation is emphasized. Of course, the proposed format and directions of changes require detailed scientific progress, which suggests the prospects for further research.