The paper described an attempt theoretical and empirical explanation of display of corruption in societies in post‑Soviet republics. Attention is drawn to the need to understand this social phenomenon while taking into account the influence of several factors. Among these are marked anomie or normative “vacuum” in condition of deinstitutionalization of Soviet system in societies of Independent States, a decrease of the regulatory functions of the government, reducing the welfare of the citizens, the interests of elites.
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