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INFORMAL PAYMENTS IN RUSSIAN EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE
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The analysis of informal payments in Russian education and healthcare is presented in the article. Sociological debriefing was in Ekaterinburg (Russia). Its results show that there is a corruption in social sphere. Government proclaims free education and healthcare but, in practice, doctors and educators, patients and parents justify payments and use it in their life.
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