Corruption is definitely a problem in Russia, but in many ways we must find our own way of dealing with it. We have an opportunity to be different, and I think we must be. In Russia we all know there are some distinct classifications of when corruption is said to be happening. The first is where an official is using arbitary application of law or power to secure payment, another is when a decision is sought counter to the interests of another, the third is where someone wants to expedite or ease a course of action and the fourth where someone wants to avoid a problem, created by some mistake or wrongdoing. This list is not definitive but gives a flavour of what is going on. Now for an ordinary citizen, they can classify one and two as corruption in their minds. However, they feel utility in being able to ease a process, or correct a mistake or minor wrongdoing, just by paying some money. In the mega beaurocratic worlds, every one is a number, and there is no way to address these utility payments, it is just, get in line and wait a sausage machine outcome. But Russia is different and Russians like to feel free, that they can rectify something, without just becoming a cog in a beaurocratic machine. So I think we have a chance to be novel, it is excellent in Russia, that we are not bogged down with corrupt restrictions of planning laws practiced in Europe, where payments are recieved by officials for development. Russia is definitely a much more free environment, rather like the US was. So I think we need be clever and find a way to keep the utility aspect whilst wiping out the clear unarguable corruption in the other classes. One way could be to allow officials to run open clinics, for part of their working time, and recieve open cash, for fixing a form, or considering an application quicker. There is nothing wrong with achieving more, if you have more money, it is the a driver for people to work harder. What you musn't be able to do with extra money is ensure your interests prevail over another, just because of your finacial or other position. This is corruption. So in a nut shell, deal with corruption, but also allow utility and bargaining to prevail in the cases, which are bounded to the facts of an individual receiving an expedited or corrective service if they pay more. It would clear up the definitions, allowing people to get behind a corruption drive, and also allow officials and the public to benefit, through a system of open moneterised utility payments. In Russia we should do what suits us and leave places like EU to its own destiny, copying would be fatal.