Problems of combating corruption as a threat to the national security of the Russian Federation
In Russia there are positive trends in the development of the economy and the transformation of the political sphere. However, the country continues to face numerous problems in the social, economic and political spheres of society, including those affecting national security. Among these negative phenomena, corruption, which is common in all spheres of Russian public life and is a threat to the security not only of the individual and society, but also of the state as a whole, is perhaps central. The purpose of the article is to identify the main directions of anti-corruption as a threat to the national security of the Russian Federation, as well as to identify effective mechanisms for the implementation of anti-corruption policy, both in the civil service system and in Russian society as a whole. The authors believe that at the current stage of development of Russian society the importance of anti-corruption policy in the context of national security as a multilevel system ensuring efficiency, competitiveness, economic independence, stability, sustainable development and progress of domestic society is increasing many times. The results of this study showed that in order for anti-corruption policies to have any impact and bear fruit, public authorities cannot act spontaneously, as it is impossible to combat corruption through non-systematic, fragmented measures, because corruption is not only the giving or acceptance of bribes, it is a whole systemic phenomenon, taking various forms, which, at times, is attended not only by two people (the bribery officer and the bribe recipient), but by organized groups of people who commit corruption offences. The authors conclude that in Russia the topic of corruption is quite acute, the state and society are making great efforts to combat corruption, as can be evidenced by the significant number of areas developed to detect, prevent and suppress corruption offences, and the variety of measures that comprehensively affect this phenomenon.