Anti-corruption

REMINDER

Corruption (from lat. corruptio - damage, bribery) - a crime consisting in the direct use by an official of the rights granted to him by position, for the purpose of personal enrichment. Corruption is also called bribery of officials, their venality.

Corrupt practices - an action when a public servant or a person equivalent to him, in his own or someone else's interests, directly or indirectly accepts, promises or agrees to accept a bribe, demands a bribe or provokes him for a lawful action or inaction in the exercise of authority.

Extortion - forcing a person to pay money or provide other valuables in exchange for action or inaction. This coercion can be carried out with the help of pressure, including moral. Corruption offense - as a separate manifestation of corruption, entailing disciplinary, administrative, criminal or other liability.

Corruption crime - this is a socially dangerous act provided for in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which is expressed in the unlawful receipt by a state, municipal or other public servant, or an employee of a commercial or other organization (including international) of any advantages (property, rights to it, services or benefits) or in granting such benefits to the latter.

If you encounter facts of corruption, immediately report it by calling the hotline of GAUZ "SP No. 64 DZM"  8-499-638-33-94 or email: sp64@zdrav.mos.ru

Excerpts from anti-corruption legislation

Federal Law of December 25, 2008 N 273-FZ "On Combating Corruption"

Article 3. Basic principles of combating corruption. Anti-corruption in the Russian Federation is based on the following basic principles:

1) recognition, provision and protection of fundamental rights and freedoms of man and citizen; 2) legality; 3) publicity and openness of the activities of state bodies and local governments; 4) the inevitability of responsibility for committing corruption offenses; 5) complex use of political, organizational, information and propaganda, socio-economic, legal, special and other measures; 6) priority application of measures to prevent corruption; 7) cooperation of the state with civil society institutions, international organizations and individuals.

Article 13. Responsibility of individuals for corruption offenses

1. Citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens and stateless persons for committing corruption offenses bear criminal, administrative, civil and disciplinary liability in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2. An individual who has committed a corruption offense may, by a court decision, be deprived, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, of the right to hold certain positions in state and municipal service.

Article 14. Liability of legal entities for corruption offenses

1. If, on behalf of or in the interests of a legal entity, the organization, preparation and commission of corruption offenses or offenses that create conditions for the commission of corruption offenses are carried out, liability measures may be applied to the legal entity in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
2. The application of measures of liability to a legal entity for a corruption offense does not relieve the guilty individual from liability for this corruption offense, just as bringing a natural person to criminal or other liability for a corruption offense does not relieve a legal entity from liability for this corruption offense.
3. The provisions of this article shall apply to foreign legal entities in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

Article 290. Taking a bribe

1. Acceptance by an official, a foreign official or an official of a public international organization personally or through an intermediary of a bribe in the form of money, securities, other property or in the form of illegal provision of services of a property nature to him, granting other property rights for committing actions (inaction) in in favor of the bribe giver or persons represented by him, if such actions (inaction) are within the official powers of an official or if he, by virtue of his official position, can contribute to such actions (inaction), as well as for general patronage or connivance in the service - is punishable by a fine in the amount of twenty-five times up to fifty times the amount of a bribe with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years, or forced labor for a period of up to five years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years, or on imprisonment for up to three years with a fine in the amount of twenty times the amount of the bribe.

Article 291. Giving a bribe

1. Giving a bribe to an official, a foreign official or an official of a public international organization personally or through an intermediary - a fine equal to ten times the amount of the bribe.
2. Giving a bribe to an official, a foreign official or an official of a public international organization personally or through an intermediary in a significant amount, is punishable by a fine in the amount of twenty to forty times the amount of the bribe, or imprisonment for up to three years with a fine in the amount of fifteen times the amount of the bribe.
3. Giving a bribe to an official, a foreign official or an official of a public international organization personally or through an intermediary for committing obviously illegal actions (inaction) - thirty times the amount of the bribe.
4. The deeds provided for by parts one - three of this article, if they have been committed:
a) by a group of persons by prior agreement or by an organized group;
b) on a large scale, are punishable by a fine in the amount of sixty to eighty times the amount of the bribe, with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in

What can I do?

Corruption will not disappear until we make it disappear. Do it right:

  • do not give or take bribes;
  • try to achieve the desired results on the basis of personal integrity;
  • publicize incidents of corruption.

Basic principles of anti-corruption Art. 1 of the Federal Law of December 25, 2008 No. 273-FZ "On Combating Corruption"

Corruption

  • abuse of official position, giving a bribe, receiving a bribe, abuse of authority, commercial bribery or other illegal use by an individual of his official position contrary to the legitimate interests of society and the state in order to obtain benefits in the form of money, valuables, other property or services of a property nature, other property rights for themselves or for third parties, or illegal provision of such benefits to the specified person by other individuals;
  • commission of acts specified in subparagraph "a" of this paragraph, on behalf of or in the interests of a legal entity;

Anti-corruption

Activities of federal state authorities, state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local governments, civil society institutions, organizations and individuals within their powers:

  • on the prevention of corruption, including the identification and subsequent elimination of the causes of corruption (prevention of corruption);
  • on detection, prevention, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses (fight against corruption);
  • to minimize and (or) eliminate the consequences of corruption offenses.

Art. 3 of the Federal Law of December 25, 2008 No. 273-FZ "On Combating Corruption"

Anti-corruption in the Russian Federation is based on the following basic principles:

  1. Recognition, provision and protection of fundamental rights and freedoms of man and citizen;
  2. legality;
  3. Publicity and openness of the activities of state bodies and local governments;
  4. The inevitability of liability for committing corruption offenses;
  5. Integrated use of political, organizational, information and propaganda, socio-economic, legal, special and other measures;
  6. Priority application of measures to prevent corruption;
  7. Cooperation of the state with civil society institutions, international organizations and individuals.

Legal framework for combating corruption

The legal basis for combating corruption is the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, generally recognized principles and norms of international law and international treaties of the Russian Federation, federal laws, regulatory legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation, as well as regulatory legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts of other federal bodies state authorities, normative legal acts of state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and municipal legal acts.

The fundamental regulatory legal act of the Russian Federation adopted for the purpose of combating corruption, which establishes the basic principles of combating corruption, the legal and organizational framework for preventing and combating corruption, minimizing and (or) eliminating the consequences of corruption offenses, is:

Federal Law of December 25, 2008 No. 273-FZ "On Combating Corruption"

In accordance with paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Article 5 of the Federal Law of December 25, 2008 No. 273-FZ "On Combating Corruption", Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 11, 2014 No. 226, the National Anti-Corruption Plan for 2014-2015 was approved, which is a tool for implementing the national anti-corruption strategy and fixes a systematic list of anti-corruption measures, determines their performers, forms, means and timing of their implementation, as well as parameters of expected results.

What is corruption?

It is important to clearly understand the essence of this phenomenon and be able to distinguish it from other offenses. Corruption can affect our entire society as a whole, its manifestations can be different and diverse.

To date, there is a clear definition of the concept of "corruption", established by law. According to Russian legislation (Article 1 of the Federal Law of December 25, 2008 No. 273-FZ “On Combating Corruption”) CORRUPTION- This:

a) abuse of official position, giving a bribe, receiving a bribe, abuse of power, commercial bribery or other illegal use by an individual of his official position contrary to the legitimate interests of society and the state in order to obtain benefits in the form of money, valuables, other property or services of a property nature, other property rights for themselves or for third parties or illegal provision of such benefits to the specified person by other individuals;

b) the commission of the acts specified in subparagraph "a", on behalf of or in the interests of a legal entity.

If a person takes part in the illegal use of his or someone else's official position in order to obtain material or non-material benefits, he becomes part of a corrupt system.

Acts of corruption include the following crimes: abuse of official position (Articles 285 and 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), giving a bribe (Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), receiving a bribe (Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), mediation in bribery (Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), abuse of power (Article 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), commercial bribery (Article 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as other acts falling under the concept of "corruption" mentioned above

What does "anti-corruption" mean?

Countering corruption is the activity of federal government bodies, government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local governments, civil society institutions, organizations and individuals within their powers:

a) to prevent corruption, including the identification and subsequent elimination of the causes of corruption (prevention of corruption);

b) to identify, prevent, suppress, disclose and investigate corruption offenses (fight against corruption);

c) to minimize and (or) eliminate the consequences of corruption offenses.

If the fight against corruption is the exclusive competence of law enforcement agencies, then the prevention of corruption is an activity that allows the participation of local governments, civil society institutions, citizens and organizations