Corruption in Russia will receive another accented stroke

Rules igry26-09-2007 Corruption - the scourge of many countries, hampering the real socio-economic development of national economies. Some forces are constantly trying to use this issue for the deterioration of Russia's international image. Thus, according to the annual survey of international non-governmental organization Transparency International (TI), in 2007, Russia dropped from 127 th to 145 th place in the world ranking of corruption, compiled from over 180 countries (that is, in their opinion, has become more corrupt) . It is noted that Estonia, which occupies 28 th place (only 8 points below the U.S.), better than all the former Soviet Union is fighting against corruption, as well as Georgia and "significantly improve" its performance, reports the BBC Russian. However, it should be noted that the findings of Transparency International based on the views of "business" and estimates "to some experts," and not a priori be considered an expert objective by 100%. The main indicator of the study is called "corruption perception index", and in Russia is often accused of an organization that exists for grants of bias.