The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Iran ‍Central Asia and The Caucasus Journal 2322-3766 19 84 2014 03 01 Governmental Programs and Bureaucratic Corruption in Russia Governmental Programs and Bureaucratic Corruption in Russia 127 161 12333 FA Journal Article 2013 04 04 Bureaucratic corruption is an ominous phenomenon with a long history in Russia and <em>negative effects </em>on its economic, political, social and human development. In fact, this is one of the most important barriers to development and modernization of Russia. So, the Russian government always, try to fight with this problem somewhat; But inclusiveness, complexity, diversity and the systematic nature of corruption in recent years, politicians has made Russian fight more seriously against that and pursue an anti- corruption policy in Russia. With this approach, actions have taken place, in order to fight against corruption from various administrations, but yet success in this regard cannot be seen. This article is a descriptive and analytical research based on Russian data and sources. In addition to the expressing general factors and the consequences of corruption, it explains main obstacles of fighting against corruption in the Russian Federation. Therefore the main question of this article is that “why the programs of Russian government have been ineffective in the Fight against corruption?” The hypothesis of this article is that “the power of Russia oligarchy is the main barrier preventing the effectiveness of the anti-corruption programs of Russian government”. Bureaucratic corruption is an ominous phenomenon with a long history in Russia and <em>negative effects </em>on its economic, political, social and human development. In fact, this is one of the most important barriers to development and modernization of Russia. So, the Russian government always, try to fight with this problem somewhat; But inclusiveness, complexity, diversity and the systematic nature of corruption in recent years, politicians has made Russian fight more seriously against that and pursue an anti- corruption policy in Russia. With this approach, actions have taken place, in order to fight against corruption from various administrations, but yet success in this regard cannot be seen. This article is a descriptive and analytical research based on Russian data and sources. In addition to the expressing general factors and the consequences of corruption, it explains main obstacles of fighting against corruption in the Russian Federation. Therefore the main question of this article is that “why the programs of Russian government have been ineffective in the Fight against corruption?” The hypothesis of this article is that “the power of Russia oligarchy is the main barrier preventing the effectiveness of the anti-corruption programs of Russian government”. https://ca.ipisjournals.ir/article_12333_a8ae104615cb4e966ddb435f3e575a02.pdf