On Some Aspects of Combating Corruption at the present Stage

Introduction: the article analyzes the current state, trends, socially negative consequences, causes and conditions of corruption deviations in the state and municipal sphere of activity; evaluates various models of combating and preventing corruption, and suggests ways to adjust them as a result of the application of legal, organizational and information technology measures. Modern organizational and legal measures to minimize corruption in public authorities and management are considered, including through the development and implementation of scientifically sound qualification requirements for various categories of state and municipal employees in personnel practice. Materials and Methods: in the process of writing the article, legal statistics and publicly available information about persons who have committed corruption crimes were analyzed; scientific literature was studied, including on the methodology of combating corruption, legislative and departmental regulatory legal acts regulating the prevention of corruption; methods of historical analysis, comparison, generalizations, as well as elements of a comprehensive analysis and a systematic approach were implemented. Literature review: in the process of preparing materials for publication, the authors relied on numerous theoretical, legal and sociological studies by leading scientists, including foreign ones, on various aspects of corruption; analyzed existing anti-corruption models, as well as ways, forms and methods of shaping anti-corruption behavior of government and municipal employees. The conclusions and recommendations are formulated by the authors based on an in-depth and comprehensive study of the provisions of federal anti-corruption legislation, as well as an analysis of the law enforcement practice of anti-corruption work in the Russian Federation. Results: the authors, as a result of the analysis of various factors that form corruption deviations among state and municipal employees, conclude that at present in the Russian Federation, an initially ineffective criminal law model is mainly implemented in the field of anti-corruption. The essence of this model is that the anti-corruption mechanism is aimed at identifying and bringing officials who have committed corruption crimes to criminal responsibility. At the same time, preventive measures are either not implemented at all (ignored), or are applied extremely haphazardly, with low practical effectiveness. The paper argues for the need to fundamentally change the state of anti-corruption work in state and municipal authorities by implementing a fundamentally different, preventive and preventive model for countering corruption in the field of activities of state and municipal authorities. Discussion and Conclusions: at the current stage of development of the Russian Federation, after the adoption of the necessary legislative and regulatory legal acts, as well as the implementation of organizational, information technology and control measures to combat corruption provided for by decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and resolutions of the Government of the country, it should be confidently stated that the necessary conditions for the effective fight against corruption crimes, the formation of an anti-corruption conduct of officials at all levels, as well as measures aimed at minimizing negative consequences, created. Moreover, more than ten years have passed since the public launch of this work. However, the level of corruption on the part of State and municipal employees is still high, as evidenced by the numerous facts of bringing various officials to criminal, material and disciplinary responsibility, both at the federal and municipal levels. In this regard, there is a need to assess the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures enshrined in regulatory legal acts, as well as organizational, technical, information and preventive measures aimed at minimizing corruption in the country to a socially acceptable level.