The given article analyses the last corruption scandals which have mentioned the higher echelons of the Russian power. The author gives an estimation of the tendencies which have developed in political practice having the major value for the development of the Russian state and society. Corruption in Russia became that "determinative" which threatens to become an absolute obstacle in its way to civilized developments.

The given article analyses the last corruption scandals which have mentioned the higher echelons of the Russian power. The author gives an estimation of the tendencies which have developed in political practice having the major value for the development of the Russian state and society. Corruption in Russia became that "determinative" which threatens to become an absolute obstacle in its way to civilized developments.