Corruption: its nature, field displays

The article investigates the problem of corruption in Russia, briefly discusses federal law, the UN Convention, by presidential decree. The historical background, carried out a small comparative analysis of post-war and contemporary state of affairs in the field of combating corruption. In the end they say that «the root of evil» lies not only in the areas of power, that the fight against corruption is not only the work of the President and the State Duma., but every human being, every small social group, each organization as a whole.