Humanities & Social Sciences 2 (2016 9) 510-516 ~ ~ ~ УДК 343.35 Mechanisms of Interaction of the State and Civil Society in the Sphere of Anti-corruption Activity in the Light of Implementation of Article 13 of the UN Convention against Corruption in the Russian Legislation Andrey V. Putintsev and Tuiana Ch. <...> Sharakshinova* Baikal State University 11 Lenin Str., Irkutsk, 664003, Russia Received 26.10.2015, received in revised form 08.12.2015, accepted 14.01.2016 The article analyzes a mechanism of interaction of the state and civil society in the process of implementation of Article 13 of the UN Convention against Corruption. <...> The authors study some trends of the legal regulation in the anti-corruption sphere and anti-corruption initiatives of civil society. <...> The article proposes ways to increase the effi ciency of implementation of standards of Article 13 of the UN Convention against Corruption into the Russian Legislation. <...> Keywords: corruption, civil society, transparency, protection of informants in corruption cases. <...> There are two factors that limit the scope of implementation of this article in the national legislation of the contracting parties of Convention: the fundamental principles international standards on law of the state are determined independently. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: chiefdom@yandex.ru, tuyana.91@mail.ru # 510 # the of legislation and opportunities of the contracting parties of the Convention. <...> It requires a mechanism of the civil society participation in the fi ght against corruption, and this mechanism should get legal consolidation. <...> Methodology comparative-legal, In the course of the study we applied logic, formal-legal methods, in the analysis of Internet resources of the civil society institutions we used a method of content analysis. <...> In accordance Discussion with the international obligations, the state should provide citizens with the means to prevent and to take action against corruption, including the freedom to seek, receive, publish and disseminate information concerning corruption. <...> Anti-corruption activity should not be limited to reporting on corruption. <...> In order to investigate the corrupt activity, to identify and trace the proceeds of corruption, citizens must have access to all relevant information, subject only to those restrictions that are necessary in a democratic society (Efi mov, 2011). <...> The general public should also have access to the channels of anonymous communication. <...> Conditions for the active participation of the civil society institutions in the fi ght against corruption are created only in a declarative calling plan (Okhotskiy, 2012 <...>