This is just false. The word is “взятка”.

If I were you I would not trust that report you’re referring to.

Ultimately, if you believe that the officials currently in place were doing their jobs without bias then this looks like corruption. If you believe that the existing officials were compromised by their politics, then this looks like removing corruption.

It's all perspective.

You could've checked that faster than it took you to write your russophobic comment

The answer is: those who are already in power.