Russia's Congressional Security and Anti-Corruption Commission has been remiss in its handling of a law involved in a crackdown on fake divorces. According to current regulations, Russian officials and parliamentarians must declare their own property as well as that of spouses and minor children. However, this provision has a back door in the form of fake divorces, an increasingly common phenomenon among Russian politicians.
The problem behind fake divorces is corruption. The structural elements of corruption in Russia stem from a lack of decentralization and checks and balances. Without these controls, corruption will always exist. The best way forward is through constitutional reform to achieve direct election of the heads of the legislative, administration, justice and procuratorial branches as well as elections that are free of charge for candidates to allow the sun to shine on the black boxes of politics. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development
