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Year, Volume, Number:
2025, Vol. 13, № 1 (49)

Pages: 52-60

The fight against corruption in Russia: historical and legal aspects

Elena N. Chekushkina
Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Theory, History of State and Law, Socio-Economic Disciplines, Sredne-Volzhsky Institute (branch) of the All-Russian State University of Justice, 6 Fedoseenko street, Saransk, 430003, Russia, elenachekushkina@yandex.ru

Alexander N. Chekushkin
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of State and Legal Disciplines, Sredne-Volzhsky Institute (branch) of the All-Russian State University of Justice, 6 Fedoseenko street, Saransk, 430003, Russia, chekuschkinn@yandex.ru

EDN: NVSRND
DOI: 10.21685/2307-9525-2025-13-1-6

Category: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL LEGAL SCIENCES

For citation:
Chekushkina E.N., Chekushkin A.N. The fight against corruption in Russia: historical and legal aspects. Elektronnyy nauchnyy zhurnal "Nauka. Obshchestvo. Gosudarstvo" = Electronic scientific journal "Science. Society. State". 2025;13(1):52–60. (In Russ.). doi:10.21685/2307-9525-2025-13-1-6

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Received: 14.11.2024

Accepted: 28.02.2025
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Abstract
Background. The fight against corruption in Russia should be considered, in our opinion: firstly, through the prism of history due to the fact that many of its categories are literally absorbed into the state framework of the state, the mentality of the people, etc.; secondly, corruption crimes are a huge threat to the national security of the country. The purpose of the article is to analyze the evolu-tion of the fight against corruption in Russia and correlate it with threats to the national security of the state. Materials and methods. The implementation of the research tasks was achieved on the basis of an analysis of the historical features of the fight against corruption in Russia, which should be considered through a formal legal approach, which worked from time to time, but did not have consistency, orderliness, which led to further transformation and latency of these crimes on the one hand, and on the other, to distrust of state institutions and the huge divide between the government and society. A special place in this study should be given to historical facts that reveal the essence of today's fight against corruption. The methodological potential includes methods of historical and legal and comparative legal analysis, which allow us to compare the content and significance of historical categories of combating corruption risks of today. Results. The historical and legal features of the fight against corruption in Russia are investigated. Throughout history, attempts have been made to formally eradicate this problem, but it has become so embedded in the daily life of the state that it is very difficult to eradicate it today. It has acquired a latent character and requires drastic measures. Otherwise, it will cause a number of negative factors, including an absolute lack of people's trust in the state and under-mining the national security of the state. Conclusions. The study of the historical and legal aspects of the fight against corruption in Russia made it possible to understand the causes, grounds and content of corruption risks, which should be considered through a huge watershed between the government and society. The key fact in solving this problem should be sought in the institute of public control, strengthening the influence of civil society not from the formal, but from the factual side of this issue.

Keywords
bribery, the state, lawmaking, corruption, penalties, national security, betrayal, Russia, justice, traditionalism

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