This article analyzes the combination of factors that contribute and are directly involved in corruptionalization of the Russian government. On the basis of the analysis the author comes to the conclusion that the cause of corruption lies in the nature of the state and is generated by processes occurring in it. Various political, social, economic and other factors at different stages of the existence of society affect corruption processes in many ways. The cyclic nature of corruption processes is primarily due to the cyclical development of economic, political and socio-cultural relations.