The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation has explained criteria of accountability for corruption offenses

The letter of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation from 3/21/2016 years No. 18-2/10/P-1526 are defined criteria of accountability for corruption offenses, and also the Review of practice of accountability of the public (municipal) servants for non-compliance with restrictions and bans, requirements about prevention or about a settlement of conflicting interests and non-execution of the duties established for corruption counteraction which is prepared on the basis of offers of federal government bodies and the supreme bodies of executive power of subjects of the Russian Federation, and also according to jurisprudence on hearing of cases about accountability for commission of corruption offenses is directed.

It is specified that doesn't attract application of collectings as doesn't form corruption offense in the Letter of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation  from 3/21/2016 year No. 18-2/10/P-1526:

a) inadequate observance of a ban, non-execution of a duty owing to force majeure, that is circumstances extraordinary and impreventable under existing conditions (the fire, a flood, military operations, etc.) which objectively interfere with submission of data on the income, expenses, about property and obligations of property character in the time established by the legislation or to obtaining information (documents) necessary for reliable and full reflection of these data, observance of restriction, a ban, the requirement about prevention or a settlement of conflicting interests;

b) the wrong (inexact) indication of data in the certificate of the income, expenses, of property and obligations of property character (further - the Reference) owing to the mistakes and inaccuracies allowed by government body or other organization in the documents (extracts) issued to the employee on the basis of which he filled in the Reference (a mistake in the 2-PIT statement, the statement of the account given by credit institution, etc.), and also other reasons when inaccuracy in the submitted data has arisen for the reasons independent of the employee.

At the same time the circumstances specified in subparagraphs "an" and "b" of point 2 are reflected in the written explanations of the employee presented to division on prevention of corruption and other offenses or are confirmed by other documents;

c) filling with the employee Spravki in other, not standard, spelling order at which the semantic contents of data in the Reference or when sections, the counts Spravki who aren't subject to filling are completed remain.

d) representation to employees in the time of the specified and authentic data on the income, expenses, on property and obligations of property character established by the legislation provided that the employee has independently found not reflected or not completely reflected data in the References submitted to them.

Practical implementation of provisions of the legislation concerning accountability for corruption offenses demonstrates that as softening the following circumstances were considered:

a) commission serving violations of requirements of the legislation on corruption counteraction for the first time;

b) perfect observance serving in the reporting period of other restrictions, bans, requirements, fulfillment of duties established for corruption counteraction;

c) the voluntary message on perfect violation of requirements of the legislation on counteraction of corruption in division on prevention of corruption and other offenses prior to the check provided by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 21, 2009 No. 1065;

d) assistance checked to the actions which are carried out during check directed to comprehensive study of a subject of check.