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RUSSIA receives an overall "Weak" rating in the 2006 Global Integrity Index. The Index assesses national anti-corruption policies and practices in countries around the world. For a printer-friendly .PDF version of this report click here.
This peer-reviewed country report includes:
Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 290 Integrity Indicators.
Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.
Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.
Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.
Global Integrity country reports are generated by an in-country team comprising a lead journalist (who prepares the Reporter's Notebook), a lead researcher (who initially scores the Integrity Indicators), and three to five peer reviewers. Global Integrity staff in Washington coordinate the input from all team members and are responsible for final content. For a full description of our methodology and research process please click here.
Reporter's Notebook
The flyers glued to the entrances of the apartment buildings look, at first sight, unremarkable.
These leaflets pasted up in many Russian towns are advertising "draft-dodging" services. They provide a contact number for a shadow firm, holding out the promise that your teenage son can be spared the dreadful fate that would await him in the armed forces—for a hefty fee.
Hundreds of people see these leaflets every day, including, no doubt, law enforcement officers, but they stay up on the walls just the same. In St. Petersburg, the deal is a bargain at 68,000 roubles (US$2,574) while in Moscow the price reaches 172,000 roubles (US$6,436).
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