52 ARTICLE OF COMBATING CORRUPTION By Anna Shashkova (Russia) RUSSIAN SPECIFICS Author PhD (Law), Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), 2001 Associate Professor of the Chair of Constitutional Law, MGIMOUniversity Moscow Region Bar Lawyer Honorary Consul for St. Vincent and the Grenadines E-mail: ashashkova@inbox.ru Abstract The article analyzes direct and indirect measures for combating corruption. <...> The author makes a research on developed countries’ experience in fi ghting against the corruption. <...> The author takes an example of Australia, country with almost zero corruption Index. <...> The article also focuses on comparative study of the Russian Federation with the Papua New Guinea (recently visited by the author), as two developing countries with almost the same corruption level which is very high. <...> The attitude of the Russian population to bribery hasn’t been changed for ages. <...> The article points out that historical roots and commonness of corruption nowadays make the corruption fi ght in the modern conditions even more diffi cult. <...> In summer 2013 the amendment was made that set a new defi nition: ‘non-procedural appeal to judges’. <...> This provision is of real importance for the corruption fi ght, as the most signifi cant step in fi ghting against corruption is to prevent state bodies of power from interfering into the administration of justice. <...> The amendments show that any access to the court in an illegitimate way and shall be disclosed to the public and punished. <...> Concluding remarks of the article give www.kulawr.ru Volume 2 May 2015 Issue 1(3) KUTAFIN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW Anna Shashkova Russian Specifi cs of Combating Corruption 53 suggestions on the steps to be undertaken in the Russian Federation to combat corruption. <...> Keywords Combating corruption, corruption counteraction, feedings, illegal income, money-laundering, corruption in Russia TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Developed Countries’ Experience in Fighting Corruption . 53 II. <...> Comparison of the Russian Federation with the Independent State of Papua New Guinea in Terms of Corruption Indexes . 55 III. <...> Historical Roots of Corruption in the Russian Federation . 57 IV. <...> Development of Anti-Corruption Legislation and the Current Situation in the Russian Federation . 60 V. Concluding Remarks . 65 Bibliography . 66 I. DEVELOPED COUNTRIES’ EXPERIENCE IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION World corruption <...>