The Ministry of Justice suggested banning a video recording of closed court hearings

The Ministry of Justice suggested banning a video of closed court hearings, they write Vedomosti. The ministry also proposes to postpone the introduction of a mandatory entry of meetings on civil and criminal cases until 2020

Corresponding amendments to the bill adopted by the State Duma in the first reading, the Ministry of Justice made it for discussion of the government commission. Under the bill, video recording in the courts should begin in 2018.

The ministry did not answer the question “Vedomosti”, which causes the need for such changes.

Rafael Mardanshin, deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Legislation, told the publication that the reason for the transfer of the deadline could be a lack of funding.

Equipping vessels with video recording systems will cost 1.9 billion rubles at a time and 840 million rubles annually, the “Vedomosti” calculations of the government. The bill, the newspaper adds, previously criticized by deputies and judges.

The Accounts Chamber in the review of the draft law indicated that the implementation of the project at the expense of the FCP of the development of the judicial system implies a change in the priorities of the program and "entails the risks of unattending the expected final results of its implementation."

Lawyer Ivan Pavlov, in an interview with Vedomosti, said that in all Moscow courts "all the necessary equipment has long been installed." At the same time, according to the lawyer, he has never received consent to video or audio recording of the meeting.