June 29, 2010 By Grigory Pasko

Grigory Pasko: Russia, Country of Lawyers

lawyers062910.jpgThere is not one, but two lawyers in power in Russia. And both are ceaselessly talking about the necessity of perfecting the institutions of state: the judicial power, for example, the legislative… They talk and they talk… And nothing changes and nothing changes. Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. Or almost nothing. The courts, as an example, used to be unfair and dependent, and remain so. Sometimes the president (that would be Dmitry Medvedev) really sticks his foot in it with his legal novelties. Thus it was in the event of the changes initiated by him to the criminal code, aimed at lightening punishments and repealing arrests under economic articles. They did introduce changes into the little papers, but did not begin to rush to implement them into life. In other words, they sabotaged the decisions of Medvedev the lawyer.

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