Local self – government in Russia is a unique phenomenon. Formally, municipalities are autonomous from the state vertical of power, but in practice they are completely subordinate to it. According to statistics, it is at the level of municipalities that corruption systems are most often formed due to the existing kinship and neighborhood relations, protectionism, nepotism, fraud and similar phenomena. Given that local self–government is closest to the population and, one way or another, is included in the vertical of power, this creates additional risks for the system of statehood as a whole. The adoption on December 25 2008 of Federal Law N 273-FZ «On Combating Corruption » made it possible to systematize anti-corruption legislation and develop effective anti-corruption measures, including legal control, educational activities and personnel policy. However, an analysis of the measures implemented at the municipal level revealed that most of the measures are formal in nature, especially in such areas as educational activities and legal control. This means that the implemented mechanisms of anti-corruption policy are insufficient and require improvement and refinement. The article discusses the prerequisites and causes of corruption in municipal authorities, the anti-corruption legislative framework, as well as some measures to curb corruption.
corruption; local government; anti-corruption activities; municipal service; anti-corruption measures.