CONCERNING THE FACTORS OF CORRUPTION-RELATED CRIMES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE METHODS OF COMBATING IT

The importance of combating corruption-related crimes is relevant; furthermore, the high latency of such crimes confirms the necessity to identify the combination of factors influencing the increase and decrease in the level of corruption-related crimes in the country. The paper deals with the study of factors causing corruption-related crimes in the Russian Federation and those promoting the decrease in its level. The paper analyses the empirical data for 2010-2021 on the most common corruption crimes (Art. 290, 291 of the RF CC), the cases of which have been referred to court. The author carried out the correlation-regression analysis of quantitative factors, which can influence the level of corruption crimes in the country, and, based on the analysis, made the conclusions and gave recommendations. The study proves that the increase in the number of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs per one unit leads to the decrease in the number of corruption-related crimes on average by 0.0126 units, and the increase in the number of employees on the federal level per one unit leads to the decrease in the number of corruption-related crimes on average by 0.998 units. The study proves that the increase in the number of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs per one unit leads to the decrease in the number of corruption-related crimes in average by 0.0126 units; and the increase in the number of employees on the federal level per one unit leads to the decrease in the number of corruption-related crimes in average by 0.998 units. The main method of combating the corruption-related crimes is a criminal legal method, which application efficiency causes doubt in terms of economic crimes decriminalization. To improve the efficiency of combating the corruption crimes, the author proposes creating the institution of a Commissioner for Anti-Corruption Policy under the RF President for the reliable identification of corruption crimes and independent control over the investigation, introducing measures to strengthen openness and justification of the RF budget system expenditures.