The fight against corruption in Russia. Anti-Corruption Commission

Corruption is the extraction of personal benefits from the use by an official of the rights and powers entrusted to him by using his connections, opportunities, status and authority. Such actions are contrary to the law. In other words, this is a bribe taking by an official.

Counteraction to corruption combines the struggle with it. A special body was created. The fight against corruption includes a number of methods successfully applied in some countries, for example, China, Singapore, Sweden, etc.

Methods of fighting corruption

The fight against corruption in Russia is a very complex undertaking. The tendency to this crime is permeated almost all spheres of life. If we eliminate corrupt authorities, it will create other problems. Therefore, the problem should be addressed. It is important to correctly apply the methods of its elimination.

Methods of combating corruption include several approaches.

1. Adoption of laws toughening punishment.

2. Increase in incomes of officials.

3. Creation of competition (which will reduce the potential profit from this crime).

Mechanisms of struggle

The fight against corruption is divided into internal and external oversight mechanisms. Consider them.

Internal mechanisms act by stimulating a clear delineation of the duties performed. Supervision of authorized bodies is carried out for officials who work autonomously.

The external mechanism operates independently of the executive authorities. For example, such control means can be the judicial system, the media, freedom of speech.

Preventive measures against corruption

The Anti-Corruption Law includes several preventive measures designed to ensure the prevention of this crime in the country. These methods of influence are.

1. Formation of a negative attitude in society towards corruption.

2. Control, which is responsible for the observance of Russian legislation by public and parliamentary institutions.

3. Quarterly analysis of law enforcement practice in order to identify violations, take the necessary measures, prevent or eliminate corruption violations.

4. Establishment of responsibility as dismissal from the position held, release from the replaced position or use of other measures of legal responsibility. The penalty is provided for failure to provide or, conversely, giving knowingly false information about incomes, property, expenses and obligations on the part of the official, his spouse and children under the age of majority.

5. Verification of information provided by citizens who are applying for a certain post or substitution of a post of a state or municipal employee.

6. Implementing in the cadre work of state and municipal structures the practice of effective and impeccable performance of official duties by an official.

Principles of fighting corruption

The fight against corruption has fundamental principles, that is, principles based on the following norms.

1. On the rule of law.

2. Protection, recognition and ensuring of freedoms and rights of a citizen and a person.

3. On the openness and publicity of the activities of the bodies.

4. On the mandatory responsibility of officials who committed a corruption offense.

5. To use information, propaganda, political, legal, organizational, socio-economic and other measures in combating the crime in question.

6. On state cooperation with international organizations, civil society institutions and individuals.

7. On applying the necessary measures to prevent the manifestation of the crime in question.

In Russia, special commissions and committees are created to destroy this evil. In some state structures, the anti-corruption department works.

A responsibility

Undoubtedly, each of the deeds deserves a certain punishment. The law on the fight against corruption presupposes disciplinary, administrative, civil and criminal liability. It is determined depending on the type of offense in relation to legal entities and individuals, Russian citizens, foreign residents and stateless people who have committed corrupt acts.

Commission for Combating Corruption Offenses

The Commission for Combating Corruption is an organization established to prevent and counteract the crime in question. It is involved in all spheres of life. The commission is also intended to stimulate anti-corruption behavior.

The structure of this organization includes a list of persons approved by the President of Russia.

The objectives of the commission

The main objectives of the commission on combating corruption are:

1. Assisting law enforcement agencies.

2. Assistance in the implementation of legitimate interests and citizens' rights.

3. Providing legal assistance to people to protect their rights from corruption attacks.

4. Attracting public and media attention to assistance in combating corruption.

Tasks of the commission

The fight against corruption in Russia includes several basic tasks.

1. Public support of state structures, associations and law enforcement bodies in order to ensure order, legality and fight against corruption.

2. Assist in raising the legal level of informing the public.

3. Participation in the development of scientific and practical recommendations, in federal, regional, international actions and programs to combat the problem under consideration.

4. Annual report on problems related to corruption.

5. Assistance to citizens for the protection of fundamental freedoms and rights, which are violated by actions or, conversely, non-provision of services by corrupt structures.

6. Providing information to the public, state authorities through the mass media about the revealed cases of corruption.

7. Occupation by publishing.

8. Protection of the rights and interests of participants and members of the commission.

9. Development of international cooperation.

10. Analysis of public opinion and conducting of opinion polls.

11. Expertise of the activity of local self-government bodies and state bodies.

12. Analysis of federal laws.

13. Preparation of proposals and development of measures.

Through its actions, the commission demonstrates that the fight against corrupt officials can be conducted without attracting budgetary funds, based on the desire and initiative of citizens.

Anti-Corruption Committee

The Committee, thanks to the professionalism of its staff, high intellectual potential, is able to solve specific tasks and fight corruption.

To its employees, the Federal Committee renders legal assistance on any issue. The fight against corruption in Russia takes place through the establishment of this committee at the federal level. What is its purpose? This is the fight against corruption and terrorism. The Committee is a public body that provides legal, social and other forms of protection for preventing, preventing and facilitating the fight against corruption offenses

Purpose of the Committee

The objectives of the committee are:

1. Protection of well-being, freedom, social guarantees and security of citizens.

2. Improvement of the legal and socio-economic situation in Russia.

3. Protection of legitimate interests and rights of citizens, medium and small businesses.

4. People's control over the objectivity of prices in the social sphere.

5. Providing protection to citizens, enterprises, institutions, organizations, entrepreneurs from corruption arbitrariness.

6. Creating a social and business partnership between society and power.

7. Educating citizens in an active position in order to create a fair and legal balance between power and society.

8. Creating a progressive, creative, highly moral, intellectual, influential force by uniting social forces into a single system in order to counter corruption, oversight and control over the observance by the officials of the laws of the Russian Federation.

9. Restoration of social justice, democracy and legality in the fight against bureaucratic arbitrariness and corruption.

10. Creation of a system of youth associations to influence and create processes in the fight against corruption.

11. Provision of social protection and guarantees to pensioners, veterans, disabled persons, law enforcement officers and servicemen; Taking part in the formation of civil society.

12. Assistance in the struggle for the development of local self-government and federalism, upholding the integrity and unity of the country, directed against separatism and nationalism.

13. Ensuring the participation of young people in government.

International fight against corruption

There are no national borders for committing the offenses under consideration. Therefore, international cooperation in combating corruption consists in the unification of states pursuing a common goal. How does this happen? For this, international treaties, agreements, conventions, etc. are adopted.

States produce information exchange, extradition of corrupt people. They also implement social measures aimed at preventing the violations in question. This is how the fight against corruption is conducted.