Berlin-based Transparency International ranked Azerbaijan 139th out of 176 countries in its 2012 Corruption Perception Index.

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In the 2010 Corruption Perception Index, Russia was ranked ahead of all three big emerging markets, on par with Libya and Pakistan.

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The anti-corruption group Transparency International puts out an annual Corruption Perception Index.

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Lack of freedom, seeming to be slightly independent of corruption as gauged by the Transparency International Corruption Perception index, improved in 2012.

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Transparency International ranks the nation 95 in a list of 180 countries in its Corruption Perception Index, worse than several other emerging Asian rivals like China and Malaysia.

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