Abstract
The
present work seeks to substantiate and expound on the emerging research agenda
that explores pervasive problems with politization of state-sponsored,
anti-corruption activism in the post-communist countries. The study examines
the evolution of anti-corruption discourse in the post-Soviet Russia from 1994
through 2020. Specific data from the annual presidential addresses to the
Federal Assembly are used to conduct a quantitative analysis of frequencies of
using corruption and anti-corruption terms by the three Russian presidents-
Yeltsin, Medvedev, and Putin. A contextual examination of anti-corruption
rhetoric is also performed to explain the results of the quantitative analysis.
