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At the end of 1999, the Russian Federation formally applied to the OECD Secretary-General to accede to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and become a full participant in the OECD Working Group on Bribery. To enhance mutual understanding of domestic and international anti-bribery measures, experts from the OECD countries worked with representatives from the Russian Federation on several occasions in 2001, 2002 and 2004. The OECD Working Group on Bribery subsequently made concrete proposals on the Russian legal and institutional framework to combat bribery. The OECD Working Group on Bribery will take into account the reforms and actions undertaken when evaluating its future relations with the Russian Federation.
In 2003, the Russian Federation joined the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan under the OECD Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In 2004, the review of the legal and institutional framework to combat corruption in the Russian Federation was launched. Unfortunately, the Russian Federation did not submit their updated report and the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan could not assess the strengths and deficiencies of the legal and institutional framework for fighting corruption. During the December 2006 meeting of the Anti-Corruption Network, the Russian Federation announced its desire to undertake the review in 2007.
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