the past two decades the word "corruption" turns on almost all languages.All something heard about it, know something.Everyone is talking about it, but some did not even see it!But the problem is that not everyone can explain what corruption is, few people understand the very essence of the term.Well, porobuem to understand this phenomenon.The word "corruption", derived from the Latin «corrumpere», means "defile."This term refers to the use of certain official of political or other authority for the purpose of personal gain, at the same time it should be noted that such actions are contrary to the moral law and the rules of any country of the world.
Anticorruption rating
There is a world ranking of anti-corruption struggle.The higher the index rating, the lower the graft is present in this country.In the six years between 2004 and 2010, Russia lowered its index of 2.8, equal to 90th place, up to 2.1, and it is 154 th out of 178.
Corruption destroysstate system and affects all institutions characteristic of Third World countries, whose economies are not developed in the best way.Leaders of the anti-corruption list are New Zealand and Singapore with 9.3 index, and Sweden and Finland with 9.2 index.In these countries, none of the residents did not know what corruption is, unlike the citizens of the Russian Federation.
What is corruption in Russia?
Bribery in Russia began during the transition state to the type of commodity-money relations in the early 90s.Small businesses do not stint on cash handouts policymakers to "correct" decisions necessary cases and issues.At the same time, corruption is the cause of a permanent price increase of goods and services, causing a stroke is a large part of the population.Thus, the economy is degraded, which ends very badly in the near future.Before the corrupt government of the people do not feel any protection and begins to accumulate a resentment that could eventually lead to riots and revolutions, which in turn could become the final country's existence.No wonder Dmitry Medvedev said that corruption is a serious threat to national security.However, in 2007 the head of the country's Anti-Corruption Committee Kirill Kabanov made a public statement that the fight against vzyatochichestvom the country looks more like a show and simulation than a real attempt to confront this problem.
Celebrations fight corruption
Anti-Corruption Day is an international and celebrated on December 9 at the initiative of the United Nations.In this day even have a kind of slogan, broadcasting to us about the fact that corruption and success - two incompatible concepts.On this day in Merida, in the Mexican city was held a high-level political conference on the theme "What is corruption?", During which was signed the United Nations Convention to combat this problem.The Convention obliges States to declare the bribe, the use of budget funds for personal benefit and proceeds of corruption criminal offenses.Hans Corell called for more than a hundred representatives of institutions to combat the problem of the day.On this day in many countries held seminars, marches and demonstrations, meetings and conferences on the theme of the fight against corruption.
