The issues of development of legislation establishing criminal liability for corruption crimes related to giving and receiving bribes and other types of illegal remuneration are considered, the main regulatory legal acts that established criminal legal prohibitions on bribery are studied. The attitude of the state and society to these issues in various historical periods of the Russian state is determined. The main trends in this attitude have been identified, the causes and consequences of the transformations that have taken place, and their impact on society have been established. It is noted that at different times, prohibitions related to giving and receiving bribes and other types of illegal remuneration were determined by different social demands, which significantly changed the legislative response from the state. At the end of the article, the results of the development of legislation establishing criminal liability for corruption crimes related to giving and receiving bribes and other types of illegal remuneration are summed up, the main factors determining their social danger and differentiation of criminal liability for their commission are identified, the main directions for the subsequent development of the norms under consideration are identified.

corruption, bribery, bribery, malfeasance, corruption crimes

Nikonov Pavel Vladimirovich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Irkutsk Law Institute (branch) of the University of Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation (1, Shevtsov st., Irkutsk, 664035, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0003-2721-0481, RSCI AuthorID: 396423, e-mail: nikonov_pv@mail.ru

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