IMPROVEMENT OF LEGISLATION IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE

Abstract

At the present stage of countering corruption, public authorities face a number of difficulties related to the application of existing legal norms on this issue, therefore, the article provides analytical information on the application of anti-corruption measures in the public service of the Russian Federation aimed at improving legislation in the fight against corruption crimes. Thus, the article raises the question of the need to determine the underlying causes and conditions of corruption, without which it is practically impossible to build a competent system for preventing the manifestation of crimes of this trend, since the declarativeness of the prescriptions in the anti-corruption legislation does not allow us to apply an exhaustive list of mechanisms for countering corruption by law enforcement agencies. The «modernization» of the criminal policy in the framework of the topic discussed in the article is also culpable. Therefore, the main emphasis in the article is made on the generalization of suggestions for amending and supplementing the norms that are enshrined in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provide for liability for corruption crimes. Since the existing gaps in the legislation do not completely eliminate a number of corruption-related factors and hamper the criminalization of individuals (civil servants) who commit corruption crimes.