Personnel Risk:
Moderate
Score:
54/100
Leadership Behaviour
Q34
17/100
Do the Defence Ministry, Defence Minister, Chiefs of Defence, and Single Service Chiefs publicly commit, through, for example, speeches, media interviews, or political mandates, to anti-corruption and integrity measures?
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The MoD Collegium meetings, which are held on a monthly basis, serve as the main platform for internal communitcation [1]. The Minister sums up…
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The official MoD website provides some random reports on anti-corruption measures, such as the report on the implementation of federal anti-corruption measures [1]. When…
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There are no anti-corruption statements by senior Ministry staff or armed forces officers. The MoD website provides reports about random anti-corruption events within the…
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Q35
88/100
Are there effective measures in place for personnel found to have taken part in forms of bribery and corruption, and is there evidence that these measures are being carried out?
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The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation clearly defines offences and possible sanctions that apply to the defence sector [1]. Article 160, Clause 3…
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There are a lot of criminal investigations and prosecutions over corruption cases in the MoD [1,2]. However, investigative journalists regularly report about many more…
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Q36
25/100
Is whistleblowing encouraged by the government, and are whistle-blowers in military and defence ministries afforded adequate protection from reprisal for reporting evidence of corruption, in both law and practice?
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Article 9, Clause 4 of the federal law ‘On Anti-Corruption’ protects public officials who report corruption to their employer, the Prosecutor’s Office or other…
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Within the MoD, there are not any training or information campaigns to encourage whistleblowing. The Ministry’s anti-corruption guidance materials and events focus on reviewing…
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While there is no information about trust regarding adequate protection for whistleblowers within the MoD, we can assume it is similar to the national…
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Q37
83/100
Is special attention paid to the selection, time in post, and oversight of personnel in sensitive positions, including officials and personnel in defence procurement, contracting, financial management, and commercial management?
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According to Presidential Decree No. 557 of May 18, 2009, the heads and deputy heads of all services and department within the MoD are…
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The list of sensitive military positions, for which candidates are required to declare their income and assets, is openly presented in MoD Decree No.…
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The MoD Main Personnel Directorate scrutinises the appointment and promotion of all personnel, including those in sensitive positions [1]. In order to check potential…
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Payroll, Promotions, Appointments, Rewards
Q38
50/100
Is the number of civilian and military personnel accurately known and publicly available?
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According to Presidential Decree No. 1082 ‘On matters of the MoD’, the number of civilian and military personnel is proposed by the Minister of…
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Summarised information regarding the number of civilian and military personnel is publicly available in the presidential decrees. The most recent decree available, dated November…
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On the one hand, the Russian military has not been presented with the problem of ghost soldiers in the last five years – all…
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Q39
100/100
Are pay rates and allowances for civilian and military personnel openly published?
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Pay rates for civilian personnel are published annually by the Federal Service for State Satistics (RosStat) [1]. In 2018, for example, the average monthly…
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According to Article 4, Point 3 of Federal Law No. 306, allowances for contracted military personnel include monthly allowances (for length of service, proficiency,…
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Q40
67/100
Do personnel receive the correct pay on time, and is the system of payment well-established, routine, and published?
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There are occasional reports of late payments at the MoD subsidiary enterprises across the country [1]. Recently, the most notorious case was the delayed…
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Besides delayed salary payments [1], the MoD budgetary institution ‘Central property management agency’ was found to be cutting the salaries of its personnel [2].…
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The pay rates for civilian personnel are published annually by the Federal Service for State Satistics (RosStat) [1,2]. Additionally, the Labour Code of the…
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Q41
25/100
Is there an established, independent, transparent, and objective appointment system for the selection of military personnel at middle and top management level?
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The Minister of Defence and his deputies are openly appointed by the president upon recommendation of the Prime Minister [1,2]. There is no evidence…
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The Minister of Defence and his deputies are openly appointed by the president upon recommendation of the Prime Minister and no external body can…
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There is minimal information about the appointment process [1]. Those applying for contracted military service may send applications throughout the year by registering for…
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Q42
33/100
Are personnel promoted through an objective, meritocratic process? Such a process would include promotion boards outside of the command chain, strong formal appraisal processes, and independent oversight.
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Presidential Decree No. 1237 ‘On service-related matters’ describes the procedures for the promotion of personnel [1]. According to Article 11, Clause 13b, ‘promotional priority…
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Article 22, Clauses 10-12 of Presidential Decree No. 1237 ‘On service-related matters’ [1] outlines the possible circumstances for accelerated promotions. In particular, Clause 10…
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There is little information available about postings and no information about promotion cycles for military positions [1]. Those applying for contracted military service may…
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This indicator is not applicable because there is no publicly available information about postings or the promotion cycle [1,2].
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Conscription and Recruitment
Q43
50/100
Where compulsory conscription occurs, is there a policy of not accepting bribes for avoiding conscription? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied?
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There is no policy relating to avoiding compulsory conscription through bribery. The federal law ‘On Military Duty and Service’ does not mention such cases…
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There are no sanctions for avoiding compulsory conscription through bribery. Specific references to compulsory conscription are only made in Article 328 of the Criminal…
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Every step of the conscription process has room for potential corruption. Bribery is wide-spread across the country, not only as a means of avoiding…
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Q44
83/100
is there a policy of refusing bribes to gain preferred postings? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied?
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There is no evidence that such a specific policy against bribes to gain preferred postings exists – the federal law ‘On Military Duty and…
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There are no specific sanctions for soliciting preferred postings through bribery. The federal law ‘On Military Duty and Service’ does not mention such cases…
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Whenever such cases of bribery are discovered, the sanctions are applied, though there is no data available on how consistent the sanctions are [1,2].…
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Salary Chain
According to Article 4, Point 3 of Federal Law No. 306 ‘On Pay and Allowances for Military Personnel’, payment for contracted military personnel consists…
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Values and Standards
Q46
0/100
Is there a Code of Conduct for all military personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed?
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There is no code of conduct for all military personnel – only for senior military personnel. Although there are the ‘Instructional guidelines for organising…
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This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ because there is no code of conduct for military personnel.
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This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ because there is no code of conduct for military personnel.
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This indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’ because there is no code of conduct for military personnel.
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Q47
31/100
Is there a Code of Conduct for all civilian personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed?
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MoD Decree No. 555 defines the Code of Conduct for civilian personnel of the MoD [1]. The number of corruption-related provisions is close to…
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The code of conduct is not easy to find on the MoD website. It is listed among dozens of MoD decrees [1]. No information…
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Section IV of the Code stipulates that any breach of the Code will be followed up with ‘moral condemnation and investigation at the Special…
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There is no evidence of any relevant training and the special commission that is responsible for controlling the implementation of the Code of Conduct…
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Q48
42/100
Does regular anti-corruption training take place for military and civilian personnel?
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The MoD regularly defines an anti-corruption plan that includes anti-corruption training. Clause 12 of the current 2018-2020 plan only requires anti-corruption training for civilian…
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Anti-corruption training is regularly included in the MoD anti-corruption plan [1]. While there are not any publicly available reports of any anti-corruption training in…
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While there are no publicly available reports of any anti-corruption training over the entire research period [1,2], there is information about such events in…
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Q49
75/100
Is there a policy to make public outcomes of the prosecution of defence services personnel for corrupt activities, and is there evidence of effective prosecutions in recent years?
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The 2018-2020 MoD anti-corruption plan can be considered a formal policy to make the outcomes of prosecution cases available to the public. Clause 24…
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First of all, there is a separate report on the prosecution of civillian personnel for failing to declare potential conflicts of interest [1]. It…
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With regard to public reports submitted to the MoD concerning corruption within the MoD, the statistics suggest that only two criminal cases were launched…
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Q50
50/100
Are there effective measures in place to discourage facilitation payments (which are illegal in almost all countries)?
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Receiving and giving facilitation payments is illegal under Articles 290, 291 and 291(2) of the Criminal Code [1].
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There is not enough substantiated evidence to score this indicator, as such it is marked ‘Not Enough Information’. According to the Ministry of Internal…
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The occurrence of facilitation payments is widespread across the territorial regions and activity areas. According to the Russian Investigative Committee and General Prosecutor’s Office,…
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