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In other words, can we assume that even in civilized countries like Germany, England, and Switzerland, the same system is in place, only it has evolved into such a well-regulated and stable form that it is believed that there is no corruption there at all?

Yeah.

This might look like this: a certain official promotes the interests of a specific corporation during his work, does not receive money for it (in order not to violate the law), and after completing his career as a civil servant, he gets a job at that very corporation in a cushy position with a good salary.

Moreover, it is not always even a pre-arranged agreement (which can be recorded and proven); the system works more cunningly: corporations themselves offer civil servants, whose activities have benefited them, employment after the end of their term of public service. This motivates his successor to protect the interests of the corporation.

We still have a long way to go...

They even have a special term for it - lobbying. We have corruption, and they have lobbying.

In fact, there is little petty corruption in the West; it is all concentrated at the top. Russia is following the same path: minor officials take less and less money year after year, more and more cautiously, and for increasingly legal actions.