Russia moves 17 places up in corruption global ranking

Transparency International has published the annual index of corruption in different countries. Russia improved its position in 2015, scoring 29 points (27 in 2014), and ranked 119th place (136th in 2014).

Denmark took the top spot with 91 points, North Korea and Somalia each scored just eight points and came last. Brazil has the biggest decline in the index, falling 5 points and dropping 7 positions to a rank of 76, the report says.

Top performers share key characteristics: high levels of press freedom, access to budget information, high levels of integrity among people in power,  judiciaries that don’t differentiate between rich and poor and that are truly independent from other parts of government, Interfax reports.