Statistics confirm that the number of corruption-related violations is growing every year and globalisation only exacerbates this problem. Corruption has become the main stumbling block for the economies of both the western nations and the former USSR (Russia and the CIS). Numbers speak louder than words: in Russia, RUB?46?billion was lost to corruption in?2018 and in?2019 this number was up by RUB?9?billion, only to then set a new record reaching a high of RUB?63?billion in Covid-stricken 2020. It is noted that this accounted for 11.4% of the total financial damages caused by all crimes in Russia last year. Unfortunately, few people were surprised: according to Transparency, in terms of the perception of corruption, Russians are in 129th place out of 180, which essentially means that people in this country have come to regard corruption as the new normal.