Putin Campaign Manager Stanislav Govorukhin says that corruption levels are at a "Civilized level." To be completely honest, I don't know what a "civilized level" of corruption is. This guy seems to be pretty set on Putin as president. He even went as far as to say that the anti government protests in Russia have only served to rally support for Putin. Russia currently ranks 143 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. While that seems like they are in good shape, it can be a little decieving. Russia has far more corruption than the US and Great Britain. Corruption hamper's both the government's ability to successfully create policy and govern the people, and also the people's ability to affect government. I don't really think that corruption is on the decline, but rather that this was just a phrase said to get more support for putin.
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