Transparency International: Georgia is ahead of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia in terms of perception of corruption

The international movement against corruption Transparency International (TI) has published the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2014, according to which Georgia takes the 50th place, Armenia – the 94th one, Azerbaijan – the 126th one and Russia – the 136th place.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that in the similar TI's index of 2013 Azerbaijan with Russia were in the 127th place, Armenia – in the 94th one and Georgia – in the 55th one.

Georgia, the 50th in 2014, has scored 52 points, being in the lead by the studied parameters among other countries in the region "Eastern Europe and Central Asia", where the average score is 33. The worst result in this group belongs to Turkmenistan – the 169th place with 17 points.

The first three places in the overall ranking are occupied by Denmark, New Zealand and Finland (92, 91 and 89 points, respectively); North Korea and Somalia are the last countries in the rating with just eight points each.

"The 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index 2014 shows that the economic development is impossible, and efforts against corruption are futile, when country leaders and senior officials are abusing power to put their hands on public funds for personal gain," said Jose Ugaz, the head of the TI, as quoted by its website.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.