The Washington Post
By Adam
Taylor January 28 at 2:33 PM
In the
West, many think of modern Russia
as near synonymous with corruption. We know all about the oligarchs, the mafia
and the "Wild East" capitalism of the 1990s. One recent poll found
that Russia
was considered one of the more corrupt countries in the world, placing 119 out
of 168 on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index (where a
lower ranking indicates a higher perceived level of corruption).