Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 668, of May 23, 2011, "On Public Councils Under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and Its Territorial Bodies"

Decree No. 668 defines the composition of the public council attached to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and of public councils attached to the territorial bodies of the ministries, and sets out the rights and responsibilities of members of these public councils.     

Empirical assessment of the role of economic analysis in the Russian antitrust: Why is economic analysis used?

Economic analysis is an important tool for the modern antitrust. This article provides an empirical study of its role in the Russian antitrust law enforcement practice in order to answer the following question: Has the understanding of the usefulness and importance of economic analysis in the Russian antitrust been achieved, or has economic analysis been applied formally? The study is based on the sample of official records on published decisions by the Supreme Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation, created specifically for this research.     

Russia and the illicit arms trade

Since the disintegration of the Soviet militaryindustrial complex, the prospect of conventional armsand nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of massdestruction and their ingredients finding their wayfrom Russia into other hands has become a matter ofconcern for both the Russian Federation and theinternational community. This article explores thescale, forms and consequences of illicit transfers ofconventional arms and weapons of mass destruction andtheir ingredients from the Russian Federation into theinternational community. Russian military and securityforces seem to have been the main sources of a widerange of illicit conventional arms, whether as aconsequence of the participation of Russian armedforces in regional conflicts or as a consequence ofthe sale of equipment by corrupt officers, the covertcommercial export by Russian arms manufacturers beinglargely confined to small arms and light weapons. Theillegal diversion of nuclear, chemical and biologicalmaterials from the Russian Federation seems to havebeen less than was at one time feared but Westernco-operation with the Russian Federation to reinforceexisting nonproliferation regimes remains a highpriority.     

Attitudes to corruption amongst Russian police officers and trainees

The police are perceived by overseas agencies to play a key role in thedevelopment of democratic states. In the Russian Federation, the promotion of trust between the police and the public has been hampered by the fact that police are perceived by the public, and reported by the media, to be open to using their positions at work to obtain money, goods or services. Survey research about beliefs and values concerning corruption was conductedamongst students and serving officers attending a police institute, whichprovides the most promising Russian police recruits with a four-year higher education leading to the rank of ``officer'. From these ranks will come those police who are likely in future to shape both policy and institutional values. The data provided evidence that ``fast-streamed' police recruits think that corruption is often justifiable and/or morally acceptable underparticular circumstances, or for particular goals.     

Dissenting Opinion of Justice of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine M.A. Markush Regarding the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine No. 30-rp of November 26, 2009 (Case of the Rules of Procedure of the Verkhovna Rada II)

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has published an English-language translation of the law "On the Police" in order to expand international cooperation in the sphere of law enforcement and to make it known to foreigners.     

Concept for Comprehensive Organizational and Managerial Reform of the Law Enforcement Agencies of the RF

The Concept for Comprehensive Organizational and Managerial Reform of the Law Enforcement Agencies of the Russian Federation, prepared by the Institute for the Rule of Law at the European University, St. Petersburg, proposes creating interdepartmental systems of mutual oversight, opening up law enforcement agencies to public oversight, and eliminating the incentives and conditions that induce law enforcement personnel to commit illegal actions and apply the law selectively.     

Characteristic of mortality in the Russian Federation

The objective of the present work was to estimate the overall mortality in the Russian Federation and to elucidate the structure and characteristics of violent and non-violent mortality in this country. The study is largely based on the materials of reports on the activities of local bureaus of forensic medical expertise for the period from 2003 to 2008; in addition, the data from the official demographic and statistical yearbooks issued by the Russian State Statistical Committee (Goskomstat) in 2008-2009 were used. It is shown that cardiovascular pathology appears to be currently the leading cause of general mortality in the Russian Federation. A substantial fraction in the structure of general mortality is constituted by mechanical injuries most of which are inflicted in car accidents. More than half of the fatal cases caused by external factors and around one third of the deaths from cardiovascular diseases are associated with alcohol intoxication. Statistical treatment of the results of analysis conducted in the present study provided materials for the development of recommendations designed to improve the demographic situation in the Russian Federation.     

苏式民法调整对象定义的沉浮

本文在27个苏-俄密切联系国的范围内考察了苏式民法调整对象理论的流变。首先考察了在苏-俄产生的3个民法调整对象定义:不对称平行线说、商品经济说和新平行线说;然后考察了它们在东欧剧变后在苏联密切联系国的流变情况,分为继受、改造、更新、放弃规定4种情形。最后提出了中国应采用新平行线说的建议,并介绍了作者对《俄罗斯联邦民法典》第2条第1款的理解与俄国学者的理解的分歧。     

Supervising the Implementation of Legislation on Land Use

For a long time, land use in the Russian Federation (RF) lacked a proper legal foundation. On October 30, 2001, the Land Code of the Russian Federation entered into force. In many respects it has facilitated a positive solution to questions of land use. The experience of application of the law accumulated over the period of its effect was analyzed by the procurators of subjects of the Federation, who in the first half of 2003 on the instructions of the General Procuracy of the RF conducted a verification of the implementation of the Land Code of the RF.     

The problems of personnel training for military forensic medical expertise under the current reform of the military forces in the Russian Federation

The educational sphere is becoming a major priority in the state policy. The Concept of national security for the Russian Federation regards intellectual impairment as a most serious internal threat to the military security. It declares that the operational efficiency of the armed forces should be based on high-quality education of specialists. The current reform of the military forces in the Russian Federation envisages the modification of the forensic medical expertise and the system of training relevant personnel. The post-diploma education of forensic medical experts encounters difficulties at all levels. In all probability, such education will be performed in the near future through the primary retraining mechanism. In the course of the ongoing reform, the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Military Medical Academy remains the sole facility for the post-diploma education of military forensic medical experts. The teaching staff of the department have sufficient qualification and experience for training highly skilled specialists as stipulated by the reform of the military forces in the Russian Federation.     

Supervision of the Execution of Decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

In the middle of 2000, efforts to bring the legislation of subjects of the Federation into correspondence with federal norms were greatly intensified in our state. A pressing problem in this connection is the timely implementation of decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (RF).     

On the interaction between State Forensic Medical Centers of the Russian Ministry of Defense and territorial organs of the Russian Federal Service on Surveillance for Consumer Rights (Roszdravnadzor): topical problems and possibilities for their solution

The present paper is focused on the consideration of topical problems pertaining to the interaction between state forensic medical centers of the Russian Ministry of Defense (SFMF MD RF) and territorial organs of the Russian Federal Service on Surveillance for Consumer Rights (Roszdravnadzor) in the framework of unscheduled inspections of the organization and conduction of forensic medical expertise. Such inspections not infrequently give rise to conflicts between the administration of SFMF ND RF and commissions of territorial organs of Roszdravnadzor. The principal source of such conflicts is the representatives of Roszdavnadzor frequently fail to observe the requirements envisaged by the normative legal acts of the Russian Federation regulating activities of this state agency and the laws of the Russian Federation governing action management in the field of forensic medical expertise. The main causes behind the conflicts and their consequences are discussed, recommendations are proposed to resolve them.     

Constitutional Judicial Review in the Russian Federation

The institution of constitutional judicial review has acquired a new legal foundation for its application: the Constitution of the Russian Federation (RF), adopted on 12 December 1993; the federal constitutional Law on the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation of 21 June 1994; and other acts. However, the opportunities for full implementation of this new legislation on constitutional judicial review in the Russian Federation are constrained by problems from the past: first of all, by the problem of depoliticization, which has assumed exaggerated proportions as a result of the lack of practical success that marked the first stage of the Constitutional Court's operation in Russia. The resolution of this problem has become a condition for the viability of specialized constitutional judicial review in the RF. The difficulty of understanding and mastering this problem is further aggravated by the ambiguous nature of the institution of constitutional judicial review, not only in the Russian model but also in the classical model of its organization. For it is indisputable that constitutional judicial review is a component of the mechanism of judicial authority, regardless of where it is situated in the constitutional structure of power. However, constitutional judicial review cannot be wholly equated with traditional judicial functions since it is at the same time also a political activity undertaken through a jurisdictional form.     

Guest Editor's Introduction

Yesterday president of the Russian Federation (RF) Vladimir Putin signed the Edict "On Measures for the Development of Federative Relationships and of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation." In accordance with the Edict the commission under the leadership of first deputy head of the president's administration Dmitry Kozak—who has long had the unofficial title of "father of the reform of local self government"—will continue its work in the Kremlin in a slightly changed composition.     

European Writers on Their Meetings with Stalin

The Constitution of the Russian Federation states that citizens are to exercise their rights of local self-government by means of referendums, elections, and other forms of direct expression of their will through electoral and other local self-government bodies. The Law on General Principles of Organization of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation of 28 August 1995, adopted as an extension of constitutional norms, defines the following: the role of local self-government in establishing democracy; the legal, economic, and financial foundations of local self-government; and the general principles of its organization.     

Statistical Analysis of Federal Legislation in Russia

This statistical analysis identifies patterns of change and continuity in the legislative policy of the Russian Federation between 1994 and 2016 and concludes that frequently changing federal laws have negative effects on the stability of the Russian legal system.     

Evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of sibship determination in the Caucasian population of the Russian Federation using the 23 STR loci VeriFiler panel

We performed a simulation study to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of sibship determination in the Caucasian population of the Russian Federation using 23 autosomal STR loci included in the VeriFiler Express (Applied Biosystems) kit. Population genetic data were obtained from 1609 unrelated Caucasian individuals from different regions of the Russian Federation. Several scenarios were analyzed: half siblings duo vs unrelated; half siblings vs unrelated (mother(s) will be genotyped); full siblings duo vs half siblings; full siblings vs half siblings (mother will be genotyped); full siblings duo vs unrelated.     

Law Sidelined

This article discusses how the rule of law is understood in present-day Russia, highlighting the distinction between rule of law and rule by law. It highlights how both international and Russian legal norms were subverted in the Russian Constitutional Court's ruling on the legitimacy of the treaty that authorized Russia's annexation of Crimea.

On the question of the rule of law in the context of Russian foreign policy, or why, according to the law of the Russian Federation, Crimea is nonetheless not altogether ours.     

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation,No. 782 of August 13, 2012, Moscow, "On Adoption of Regulations for the Examination of a Work Dispute in the Bodies of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation"

Order No. 782 defines the procedure for handling work-related disputes in the bodies of internal affairs of the Russian Federation.     

俄罗斯联邦检察机关的“一般监督”职能及其对我国的启示

1922年5月28日,当时的苏维埃俄国通过了《俄罗斯社会主义联邦苏维埃共和国检察机关条例》,首次赋予检察机关以"一般监督"职能。自此之后,检察机关的"一般监督"职能得以继承和发展。目前,检察机关的"一般监督"职能,在俄罗斯联邦检察机关的检察监督职能中仍然占据首要地位,並在发现和消除行政执法过程中许多行政违法行为(作为或不作为)方面,发挥着举足轻重的作用。考察和研究俄罗斯联邦检察机关"一般监督"职能的历史发展、主要内容和实践效果,对我国具有重要的启示意义。