I. General Provisions
1. In pursuance of the National Anti-Corruption Plan approved by the President of the Russian Federation on July 31, 2008, №Пр-1568, in Russia, a legislative framework for combating corruption has been created, appropriate organizational measures have been taken to prevent corruption and the activities of law enforcement agencies to combat it have been intensified.
However, despite measures taken by the state and society, corruption still seriously hampers the normal functioning of all social mechanisms, hampers social transformations and modernization of the national economy, causes serious anxiety and distrust of state institutions in Russian society, creates a negative image of Russia in the international arena and is rightfully regarded as one of the threats to the security of the Russian Federation.
2. Analysis of the work of state and public institutions on the implementation of the Federal Law of December 25, 2008. No. 273-FZ “On Counteracting Corruption” and the National Anti-Corruption Plan approved by the President of the Russian Federation on July 31, 2008. No. Пр-1568, testifies to the necessity of adopting the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, which is an ever-improved system of organizational, economic, legal, information and personnel measures that take into account the federal structure of the Russian Federation encompassing federal, regional and municipal levels aimed at eliminating root causes corruption in the society and consistently implemented by federal bodies of state power, other state organizations anami, state authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation, local self-government bodies, civil society institutions, organizations and individuals.
3. The National Anti-Corruption Strategy was developed:
a) based on an analysis of the situation associated with various manifestations of corruption in the Russian Federation;
b) on the basis of a general assessment of the effectiveness of the existing system of anti-corruption measures;
c) taking into account measures to prevent and combat corruption, as provided for by the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and other international legal instruments against corruption to which the Russian Federation is a party.
4. Measures to implement the National Anti-Corruption Strategy reflected in the legal acts of the Russian Federation, in the national anti-corruption plan for the relevant period, in the plans of the federal executive bodies, other state bodies, subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities to counter corruption, must correspond to the generally recognized principles and norms of international law in the field of the fundamental rights and freedoms of man and citizen, fixed in the Universal Declaration ation of human rights in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
II. The purpose and objectives of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy
5. The goal of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy is to eliminate the causes and conditions that give rise to corruption in Russian society.
6. In order to achieve the goal of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, the following tasks are consistently addressed:
a) formation of legislative and organizational bases of counteraction against corruption corresponding to the needs of the time;
b) organizing the implementation of legislative acts and management decisions in the field of combating corruption, creating conditions that impede the possibility of corrupt behavior and ensure a reduction in the level of corruption;
c) ensuring that members of the society comply with the norms of anti-corruption behavior, including the use of coercive measures in appropriate cases in accordance with the legislative acts of the Russian Federation.
III. The main principles of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy
7. The main principles of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy are:
a) recognition of corruption as one of the systemic threats to the security of the Russian Federation;
I. General Provisions
1. In pursuance of the National Anti-Corruption Plan approved by the President of the Russian Federation on July 31, 2008, №Пр-1568, in Russia, a legislative framework for combating corruption has been created, appropriate organizational measures have been taken to prevent corruption and the activities of law enforcement agencies to combat it have been intensified.
However, despite measures taken by the state and society, corruption still seriously hampers the normal functioning of all social mechanisms, hampers social transformations and modernization of the national economy, causes serious anxiety and distrust of state institutions in Russian society, creates a negative image of Russia in the international arena and is rightfully regarded as one of the threats to the security of the Russian Federation.
2. Analysis of the work of state and public institutions on the implementation of the Federal Law of December 25, 2008. No. 273-FZ “On Counteracting Corruption” and the National Anti-Corruption Plan approved by the President of the Russian Federation on July 31, 2008. No. Пр-1568, testifies to the necessity of adopting the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, which is an ever-improved system of organizational, economic, legal, information and personnel measures that take into account the federal structure of the Russian Federation encompassing federal, regional and municipal levels aimed at eliminating root causes corruption in the society and consistently implemented by federal bodies of state power, other state organizations anami, state authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation, local self-government bodies, civil society institutions, organizations and individuals.
3. The National Anti-Corruption Strategy was developed:
a) based on an analysis of the situation associated with various manifestations of corruption in the Russian Federation;
b) on the basis of a general assessment of the effectiveness of the existing system of anti-corruption measures;
c) taking into account measures to prevent and combat corruption, as provided for by the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and other international legal instruments against corruption to which the Russian Federation is a party.
4. Measures to implement the National Anti-Corruption Strategy reflected in the legal acts of the Russian Federation, in the national anti-corruption plan for the relevant period, in the plans of the federal executive bodies, other state bodies, subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities to counter corruption, must correspond to the generally recognized principles and norms of international law in the field of the fundamental rights and freedoms of man and citizen, fixed in the Universal Declaration ation of human rights in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
II. The purpose and objectives of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy
5. The goal of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy is to eliminate the causes and conditions that give rise to corruption in Russian society.
6. In order to achieve the goal of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, the following tasks are consistently addressed:
a) formation of legislative and organizational bases of counteraction against corruption corresponding to the needs of the time;
b) organizing the implementation of legislative acts and management decisions in the field of combating corruption, creating conditions that impede the possibility of corrupt behavior and ensure a reduction in the level of corruption;
c) ensuring that members of the society comply with the norms of anti-corruption behavior, including the use of coercive measures in appropriate cases in accordance with the legislative acts of the Russian Federation.
III. The main principles of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy
7. The main principles of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy are:
a) recognition of corruption as one of the systemic threats to the security of the Russian Federation;…
n) development of organizational and legal frameworks for monitoring law enforcement in order to ensure the timely adoption, in cases provided for by federal laws, of acts of the President of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Russian Federation, federal executive bodies, other state bodies, public authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and also in order to implement the decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation;
p) improving the organizational basis for anti-corruption expertise of normative legal acts and draft normative legal acts and increasing its effectiveness;
c) increase of the monetary content and pensions of state and municipal employees;
t) the distribution of restrictions, prohibitions and duties established by the legislative acts of the Russian Federation with a view to preventing corruption, on persons who replace the public posts of the Russian Federation, including senior officials (heads of higher executive bodies of the state) of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, public offices of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and municipal positions;
y) improving the quality of professional training of specialists in the field of counteraction and direct counteraction to corruption;
f) improving the system of financial accounting and reporting in accordance with the requirements of international standards;
(x) Increasing the effectiveness of the Russian Federation’s participation in international cooperation in the anti-corruption sphere, including the development of the organizational foundations of a regional anti-corruption forum; providing, if necessary, support to other states in training specialists, investigating the causes and consequences of corruption.
V. Mechanism for the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy
9. The national anti-corruption strategy is implemented by federal government bodies, other state bodies, state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local governments, civil society institutions, organizations and individuals:
a) when forming and executing budgets of all levels;
b) by solving personnel issues;
c) in the course of exercising the right of legislative initiative and adoption of legislative (regulatory legal) acts of the Russian Federation and municipal legal acts;
d) by prompt casting:
legal acts of federal state bodies, state authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation and municipal legal acts – in accordance with the requirements of federal laws on anti-corruption issues;
legal acts of public authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation – in accordance with the requirements of federal laws and regulatory legal acts of federal state bodies on anti-corruption issues;
municipal legal acts – in accordance with the requirements of federal laws, regulatory legal acts of federal state bodies and regulatory legal acts of state authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation on anti-corruption issues;
e) in the course of monitoring the implementation of the legislation of the Russian Federation and the implementation of measures provided for by the national anti-corruption plan for the relevant period, plans of the federal executive bodies, other state bodies, subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities to counter corruption;
e) by ensuring the inevitability of liability for corruption offenses and the objective application of the legislation of the Russian Federation;
g) by assisting the mass media in a broad and objective coverage of the state of affairs in the field of combating corruption;
h) by actively involving political parties, public associations and other civil society institutions in the anti-corruption work.