The purpose of this study is to determine the causes and extent of corruption in public administration in modern Russia. Analyzing the activities of public authorities and management over the past two decades, you inevitably come to the conclusion that they are defeated by corruption. Corruption in the government under President V. Putin has increased several times. It has become the main source of enrichment for senior officials both in the federal center and in Russian regions. The main driving motive for their actions in the allocation of quotas, subsidies, tenders and tenders, public procurement and so on was personal gain. Therefore, the author defines corruption as the use of official position for personal gain. In conducting this study, the author posed the following basic questions. 1. The shortcomings of state management in the organization of counteraction to this crime.2. To identify what are the main reasons for the growth of corruption of government in 2000-2019.3. to compare methods of combating corruption in Russia and some other countries.