This task will take a lot of years only if and only if new and young generations be educated and prepared on the basis of critical and open minds.. The corruption is the result of many and complicated ( although not imposible to define or establish) sources, things that is not possible to mentioned here, but exist cases in which corruption ( depravity,sadism,cri me,rape, damages against the nation,..etc) is so obvious and evident that must be punnish without any mercy. Finally the key point here against the corruption is a good level of education . The education can balance things in a way that make a better posible life.and avoid perverse manipulations.

A perfect example of "Sovereign Democracy". There is nothing chauvinistically western about having good governance and transparency, the current outcome is a direct result of Russia trying to appear to reinvent the wheel. I have a news flash for you Mr Medvedev, you can't iron out corruption when your predecessors have spent the last ten years entrenching a culture of patronage and intrigue. For years now, attempts at reform have been labelled Western Imperialism whilst brave journalists, who fought to expose cronyism in government, have been butchered in cold blood. You reap what you sow..

It is going to take decades to change not just law but culture. After all, that type of culture was set even before Brezhnev's time, and his administration was horrible according to what we are taught about Soviet history. The corrupt bureaucracy and parliament was decades in the making, so it likely won't be corrected in only a couple of years. Putin said once that one thing he regretted was the lack of progress against corruption after his 2 terms as president. So, the real push has been with Medvedev? Medvedev so far has put out a consistent message, but he has been "in charge" for only a couple of years. Good luck to him, and I hope he doesn't give up in despair. It is a slow job and one that will not make him any new friends. I hope Putin keeps supporting him, and ultimately Medvedev can break some bad practices the way slow pressure can break iron.