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MOSCOW, March 22 (RIA Novosti) ­ Corruption in Russia is most deeply-rooted within traffic police, kindergartens and higher education institutions, a report prepared by the Open Government Partnership said.

The Open Government Partnership is an international initiative designed to make government more transparent and effective. Its task is to develop a list of reforms to be fulfilled within the next two to three years, which will help develop the country's economy and protect the rights of citizens.

A report prepared by the Open Government said that about half of those who dealt with traffic police (52 percent) had been asked for a bribe. The situation with kindergartens and universities is no better, 51 and 46 percent respectively of those who dealt with such institutions said they had faced corruption.

Corruption is also rampant within the army (especially during draft periods), in middle schools and in state medical establishments, the report said.

Officials from almost all spheres are extracting bribes from private companies, the report said. Russia's economy could have shown 6 percent year-on-year growth instead of the current 4 percent if corruption practices were eradicated, the report said.

"In 2011, Russia's net capital outflow reached 4.5 percent of GDP, the situation continued in 2012 despite the favorable foreign economic environment," the report said.

Despite President Dmitry Medvedev's efforts to fight corruption, its level in Russia remains extremely high, with the country ranking 143rd out of 182 countries in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index published in December 2011.

Yelena Panfilova, the head of Transparency International's Russian branch, earlier said a score below 3 describes the level of corruption in a country as extremely high.

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MOSCOW, March 22 (RIA Novosti) ­ Corruption in Russia is most deeply-rooted within traffic police, kindergartens and higher education institutions, a report prepared by the Open Government Partnership said.

The Open Government Partnership is an international initiative designed to make government more transparent and effective. Its task is to develop a list of reforms to be fulfilled within the next two to three years, which will help develop the country's economy and protect the rights of citizens.

A report prepared by the Open Government said that about half of those who dealt with traffic police (52 percent) had been asked for a bribe. The situation with kindergartens and universities is no better, 51 and 46 percent respectively of those who dealt with such institutions said they had faced corruption.

Corruption is also rampant within the army (especially during draft periods), in middle schools and in state medical establishments, the report said.

Officials from almost all spheres are extracting bribes from private companies, the report said. Russia's economy could have shown 6 percent year-on-year growth instead of the current 4 percent if corruption practices were eradicated, the report said.

"In 2011, Russia's net capital outflow reached 4.5 percent of GDP, the situation continued in 2012 despite the favorable foreign economic environment," the report said.

Despite President Dmitry Medvedev's efforts to fight corruption, its level in Russia remains extremely high, with the country ranking 143rd out of 182 countries in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index published in December 2011.

Yelena Panfilova, the head of Transparency International's Russian branch, earlier said a score below 3 describes the level of corruption in a country as extremely high.