Corruption: threat to the national security of Russia

Raises questions about the analysis of the legal and organizational basis of the prevention of corruption and combating that, first and foremost, the Federal law of 25.12.2008 № 273-FZ "On combating corruption, decrees of the President of the Russian Federation of 13.04.2010, № 460 from 01.04.2016, No. 147, which approved the national corruption strategy and national anticorruption plan for 2016-2017, and other Federal laws, international treaties of the Russian Federation -the Convention of United Nations against corruption of 31 October 2003 and the criminal law Convention on corruption, signed on behalf of the Russian Federation on 27 January 1999 in Strasbourg, the resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation and other normative legal acts. It is noted that among legal scholars there is no consensus in relation to the phenomenon of corruption as a social phenomenon, provides a different perspective on this issue. Given a list of reasons for the emergence and existence of corruption. Indicates that corruption inflicts substantial harm to the socioeconomic and political development of society, threatens its national security and stability, and thus goes beyond national borders.