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2022: The volume of administrative fines in the economy increased 1.8 times to 53.97 billion

The volume of administrative fines in the field of economics in Russia in 2022 increased 1.8 times compared to 2021 and reached 53.97 billion rubles. This is stated in the report "Index of Administrative Pressure," which was presented by the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs Boris Titov at the end of May 2023.

As RBC writes with reference to this document, the increase in the volume of administrative fines in the economy is caused by a sharp increase in fines under three articles of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation - Art. 14.31 (abuse of a dominant position in the commodity market), Art. 16.1 (illegal movement across the customs border) and Art. 14.32 (conclusion of a competition-limiting agreement). The volume of fines under these articles in 2022 increased from 1.8 billion to 37.8 billion rubles, Titov said.

The volume of administrative fines in the economy reached 53.97 billion rubles

According to him, fines for the rest of the items decreased by 12 billion rubles. He adds that the level of administrative pressure on Russian business has decreased, the number of inspections has decreased by 70% and amounted to 292,000 (in 2021 there were 976,000). In total, 325,000 control and supervisory measures were carried out in relation to the business.

Control and supervisory authorities - Rospotrebnadzor, Rostekhnadzor, Rosselkhoznadzor, Rosprirodnadzor, Rostrud, Ministry of Emergencies, Roszdravnadzor, Rostransnadzor, FTS - began to actively use warnings. According to the report, in 2022 their share in the number of all forms of reactions based on the results of control and supervisory measures increased from 22.49% to 41.7%. The share of preventive measures is also growing: it is 68.4%, in 2021 there were 43.85%.

As Anton Sviridenko, director of the Stolypin Institute, explained, the calculations were carried out according to preliminary data from Rosstat (there are no final ones at the time of preparation of the index), and statistics on administrative articles for 2022 can be "smeared" with large antimonopoly fines, including against Google (over 2 billion rubles).^[1]

2021: Recovery from Russians 9.2 billion rubles (16%) of all fines imposed by the courts (56.8 billion rubles)

In 2021, courts in Russia issued administrative fines in the amount of 56.8 billion rubles, of which only 16% (9.2 billion rubles) were paid. Such data were published by the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev on February 9, 2022 at a meeting of judges of courts of general jurisdiction and arbitration courts of the Russian Federation following the results of work in 2021.

According to him, the number of cases of administrative offenses considered by courts of general jurisdiction increased by 18%, considered by arbitration courts - by 16%. An administrative penalty in the form of a fine was imposed on 4.72 million people.

In 2021, only 16% of the fines imposed by the courts were collected from the Russians

Vyacheslav Lebedev noted that in 2021, in the category of administrative, the principle of the inevitability of punishment for an offense is still not implemented, which is the reason for the commission of new offenses and even crimes. The Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation added that in administrative cases, the courts most often appoint fines. Only 11% of the accused in 2021 were sent under arrest, in another 19% of cases they were limited to a warning.

In November 2021, Irina Rukavishnikova, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction, said that amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses were being prepared. If adopted, Russians will be able to pay fines with a 50% discount.

The innovation will affect almost all non-domestic violations, including the untimely replacement of a passport or missing the deadline for submitting a declaration. The grace period will be valid for 20 days from the moment the penalties are imposed.

By February 2022, the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) allows Russians to pay fines at a 50% discount for most traffic violations (SDAs).^[2]

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