Factors promoting corruption in Russia’s public and legal sectors

Abstract

This work explores the processes of increasing corruption in the post-Soviet context, taking into account the historical aspects and emerging economies in the process of formation of the new legislation. Paper explores the administrative and legal reforms that have taken place between 1992 and 2008, focusing on the following: – stage, trends and its distribution in the state management system in the period of democratic reforms; – forms of corrupt behavior of public servants; – corruption as a condition for penetration of organized crime in the system of government and administration.