Responsibility of civil servants for committing corruption offenses: foreign experience
The article deals with the problem of corruption and the committing of corrupt acts by civil servants in Russia and foreign countries. The authors analyze anti-corruption legislation and measures of responsibility for corruption crimes committed by government officials. It is noted that the current stage of the implementation of the state anti-corruption policy in Russia is aimed primarily at organizing the implementation of the Federal Law "On Combating Corruption", the relevant decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation on the creation of an effective anti-corruption mechanism. It is concluded that the international experience in the fight against corruption shows the effectiveness of multi-level legislation aimed at solving this problem. The fight against corruption is ensured by the decentralization of power, the severity of punishment for crimes of a corrupt nature, the refusal to grant immunity in the committing of corruption crimes, and a decrease in the profitability of corruption at the grassroots level. International experience in combating corruption shows a positive result in the implementation of the following approaches to the prevention of corruption crimes among civil servants: simplification of various bureaucratic procedures; ensuring the competitiveness of remuneration of civil servants; the introduction of compulsory rotation of government officials; introduction of ethical standards, codes, ensuring control over their observance; informing the society about the revealed corruption offenses and crimes; creation of bodies responsible for preventing and combating corruption.