Russia’s bailiff service is set to introduce more video monitoring as a means of quality control
The Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) is expected to get new tools to record the work of its agents, a preliminary document published on the official portal of Russia’s legislature indicates.
The enforcement arm of the country’s Ministry of Justice is set to introduce mandatory video recording in many situations, ranging from bringing court hearing dodgers before judges and guarding judiciary facilities to the deportation of foreigners who have forfeited their right to stay in the country.
In the latter case, mandatory video recording will be carried out both while those subject to deportation are brought to a holding center pending expulsion, as well as while such individuals are transferred to border checkpoints.
The digital recordings are expected to be stored by the agency for at least six months. In more complicated cases, should the bailiffs’ activity prompt a legal dispute of any nature, become the subject of citizens’ complaints and so on, the recordings could be stored indefinitely, the document indicates.
The video control process will be carried out using various tools, including fixed surveillance cameras, IP-cameras, wearable recorders and other devices.
All the cameras are set to be placed in the open and appropriately identified, therefore no secret recording will be conducted by the agency. The video control is expected to bring more transparency to the bailiffs’ work and ensure the rights of citizens are properly observed.
Earlier this year, Russia’s legislators embarked on tightening its immigration laws. According to State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, the legislature has been considering over two dozen bills aimed at regulating migration, the legal status of foreign citizens in the country, and other issues.
Currently, Russia’s Interior Ministry is in the process of creating a comprehensive database of illegal migrants, its First Deputy Minister Alexander Gorovoy revealed in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant last week. The migrants who are placed in the registry will not be able to use banking services, obtain a driver license or register property, and will lose other privileges.
