In the opinion of Denis Frolov, Partner, Head of Litigation and Arbitration Practice, BMS Law Firm, the authors of the report are quite justified in noting the imperfections of the existing Federal Bailiffs Service which are explained by an outdated approach to its operations and insufficient automation.

“For instance, withdrawing collection of administrative penalties from the jurisdiction of the Federal Bailiffs Service and introducing a centralized receipt of information on a debtor’s accounts could considerably reduce bailiffs’ labor costs and allow allocating the thus released resources for performing other tasks and assignments, he specified.

However, Denis Frolov mentioned that the need to give up the reporting system based on formal activities carried out by bailiffs is totally justified.