Abstract: The article is devoted to the issues of application of measures aimed at corruption prophylactics, and in particular, to the control over financial situation and property status of public servants and persons holding public office by the state. The author follows the history of formation and development of measures for control over property status and financial situation of public servants and other persons in the Russian legislation. The author analyzes normative legal acts, establishing anti-corruption prophylactic measures for control by the state over property status and financial situation of state servants and other persons, showing the main normative regulation tendencies in this sphere. The author establishes the influence of international law on the formation of the national Russian legislation in the sphere of fighting corruption. The conclusion is made that improvement of legal regulation in the sphere of fighting corruption is directed at the stricter control by the state over the activities of public officials and persons holding public offices, and over their property status and financial situation in particular.