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The Ethics Regulations in the Council of the Federation

The Ethics Regulations in the Council of the Federation. The Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Timofei MOCHALOV Expert Officer of the Analytical Department Anastasia TURGIEVA Leading Consultant of the Analytical Department ECPRD Seminar

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The Ethics Regulations in the Council of the Federation

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  1. The Ethics Regulations in the Council of the Federation The Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Timofei MOCHALOV Expert Officer of the Analytical Department Anastasia TURGIEVA Leading Consultant of the Analytical Department ECPRD Seminar Structures and procedures with regard to the code of conduct for MPs and with regard to the integrity of parliament staff 8-9 May 2014, Skopje, Sobranie

  2. Parliamentary Ethics Regulationin the Russian Federation • The Federal Law On MPs status • The Federal Law On corruption counteraction • The chamber’s rules of procedure + the Code of Ethics for the Members of the CoF is being outworked and discussed nowadays

  3. The Project of the Code • The project of the Code is almost ready and to all appearances it will be approved this year • The responsible body – the Subcommittee for Parliamentary Ethics and Appliance of the MP’s Immunity Institution(a division of the Committee on the House Rules and Parliamentary Performance Management)

  4. The Project of the Code • general principles of official ethics; • the rules of behavior during the parliamentary sessions; • the rules of interaction with citizens; • the rules of interaction with public bodies; • the rules of interaction with mass media.

  5. Penalty for the Code’s Breach • the announcement of the fact of the Code of Conduct breach by a MP during the plenary session; • the notification of the public body that is represented by aMP on his/her breach of the Code; • the advice to bring public excuse for breach of the Code; • the official publication of information on the MP’s breach of «Code of Conduct» on the website of the Council of the Federation and in other medias. • + if the rules of public speech during the session are violated, a speaker may be deprived of speech without prior notification (Chamber’s Rules of Procedure)

  6. Codes of Conduct for Civil Servants • The Basic Code on Civil Servants Ethics and Behavior was adopted by the Anti-Corruption Council under the President in 2010. • The Code of Ethics for the Council of the Federation Staff was adopted in 2011. • The special commission (incl. staff administration representatives and external experts) is responsible for compliance with the behavior requirements of the CoFStaff employees.

  7. Anti-corruption legislation in Russia Parliamentarian is NOT allowed to • carry on business; • be a member of the board in a private company; • open, own accounts, keep money or valuables in foreign banks located abroad. Parliamentarians areobliged to report their annual income (and income of their wives/husbands and under-age children) and spending (if the sum of spending is larger than official’s family income for the last 3 years).

  8. The Ethics in Social Networks How should MPs activities in social networks be viewed as? PRIVATE? PUBLIC? MEDIA? How should they be regulated?

  9. Thank you!

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