Published: 15 April 2009
Three basic stereotypes of corruption perception by the Russians are considered in the article such as a stereotype of condemnation of corruption, a stereotype of tolerance to corruption a stereotype of non-liquidation of corruption. They are discovered as a result of sociological surveys. It is shown that the contradiction between the first and the second reflects such complexities which researchers find during modelling and definition of corruption. The approach to understanding of corruption as continuation of informal relations on a market basis is offered.