Financial Control of Public Procurement as an Anti-corruption Factor

Abstract

The subject of the study is the norms of Russian legislation on financial control in the field of public procurement, which are aimed at creating an organizational and legal mechanism for combating corruption. The materials of law enforcement practice and scientific works on the negative consequences of corruption in the field of public procurement have been studied. The purpose of the study is to consider and systematize knowledge about the possibilities of financial control to prevent the negative consequences of corruption in the field of public procurement. The objectives of the study are: analysis of the provisions of Russian legislation on combating corruption in the field of public procurement; interdisciplinary study of the methodology for identifying the consequences of corruption in public procurement; systematization of state financial control methods that contribute to the detection of corruption manifestations in procurement activities, based on grouping and typology methods. In the course of the study, the authors identified shortcomings in the legal regulation of financial control in the field of public procurement and proposed ways to improve the Russian legislation.