A more forceful way for public authorities to enforce compliance with due process within administrations: whereas most governments rely on training officials and rewarding good behaviour (incentives for officials to promote compliance) Russia is looking into increasing citizens' way of redress, according to new legislation under discussion. "Fines will be imposed on unhelpful state officials in line with a new bill that Russia's Economic Development Ministry will soon bring before parliament. The bill will amend the Administrative Code, placing a priority on complaints from victims of red tape and other mala fide actions by municipal or federal officials. An official's failure to follow required procedure in public duties will be qualified as an offense and punished with a 3,000-5,000 ruble ($110-$180) fine unless lawmakers in parliament's lower house decide on a higher one. To bring an official to justice, the wronged individual will have to lodge an administrative complaint, which will be considered separately from the vast flow of other kinds of complaints." For more, see Nezavisimaya Gazeta article dated 16 June.
For a recent official statement of regulatory policy in Russia, see speech by Dmitry Medvedev at the St Petersburg International Legal Forum in May. The president also signed an Executive Order on monitoring enforcement of laws in practice in Russia.
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