Bailiffs will publish photographs of defaulters in the press, as well as place them on street advertising structures. Roskomnadzor approved the FSSP initiative, but lawyers consider such measures to be a violation of the constitutional rights of citizens.

Debtors are recognized by sight. Roskomnadzor allowed bailiffs to publish photographs of defaulters. Now their portraits can appear in the press and on city billboards. First of all, this will affect those who are hiding from paying alimony. The photographs will be accompanied by touching texts in which the child will ask for money from the runaway parent. According to the director of the Federal Bailiff Service of Russia, Artur Parfenchikov, such a measure of pressure on unscrupulous citizens will be effective. However, Vasily Vasilyev, a lawyer at the Yukov, Khrenov and Partners law firm, is confident that this is a direct violation of constitutional rights.

“This is completely incorrect and, first of all, violates the relevant articles of the Constitution - articles 23 and 24, which talk about the inviolability of private life, personality, family secrets, and so on. References to the fact that this can be circumvented due to the fact that The publication of these photographs is carried out in some public or state interest; this does not abolish the secrecy of private life. Such things are permissible only if there is a direct court decision in this regard. If I were the citizens who were subjected to such a procedure, I would simply do so. filed a lawsuit to protect his moral rights and prevent this from happening in the future,” Vasiliev said.

It is unclear on what basis individual characters will be selected from the total mass of debtors to post their portraits, noted Sergei Nikitin, head of the Amnesty International representative office in Russia.

“I don’t really imagine who makes the decision that character A is a contender for the negative honor board. Now, if we are talking about a court, then by a court decision a person is recognized as a criminal. Here we are talking about debtors, defaulters, probably every single story there , which should be considered, and I don’t really understand to what extent legal proceedings are involved here, in this stamping of permissions for the publication of certain portraits. Then, why is this publication of purely photographs necessary, so that people can see someone’s portraits? for someone to be ashamed, this, in my opinion, is a strange measure that reminds me of the Soviet past,” Nikitin commented.

The Federal Bailiff Service was unable to provide immediate comment on this issue.

Alla Pugacheva

The faces of debtors will decorate billboards