ACTIVITIES OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AIMED AT ORGANISING A GOVERNMENT FREE LEGAL AID SYSTEM
The activities of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and its territorial bodies aimed at organising a government free legal aid system are described by the author. Arguments for a need to adapt the experience of foreign countries to specific features of the domestic legal system are presented. The activities of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in developing a draft and implementing the Iustitsiia [Justice] government programme are assessed. The duty of lawyers to send a report on the provision by them of free legal aid within the framework of the government free legal aid programme to the bar association of the subject of the Russian Federation is examined and gaps in the legal regulation and law enforcement practice in this sphere are identified. The work of the Government Commission for Issues of Implementation of the Federal Law “On Free Legal Aid in the Russian Federation” as well as the activities of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in preparing proposals on developing a government policy in the field of providing free legal aid for citizens, to be submitted to the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, are assessed. The duty of territorial bodies of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to carry out monitoring in the sphere under examination is considered.