Annotation

Anti-corruption efforts in the modern world are defined by a combination of mechanisms common to most states, based on international cooperation, consideration of contemporary corruption practices, and established national or regional models. The basis for identifying a particular model is a combination of characteristics of corrupt behavior and legal mechanisms for combating corruption, and is determined by the proximity of countries, their historical, cultural, and legal affinities. Therefore, the existence of common initial conditions for combating corruption in the modern post-Soviet space leads to the development of similar systems of legal liability, analogous approaches to defining the institution of corruption, characteristics of subjects of corrupt acts, and other related concepts, as well as the creation of essentially similar anti-corruption legislation. Meanwhile, the author's study establishes that the list of administrative and legal measures implemented by individual post-Soviet countries for these purposes varies significantly, which, in turn, suggests fundamental differences in national anti-corruption models within the former USSR.