By RAGULIN Andrey Viktorovich
Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Advocate of the Moscow Chamber of Advocates, Head of the Centre for the Study of the Organization and Operation of the Advocacy of Eurasian Scientific Research Institute of Problems of Law, Professor of the Department of Law of the Eastern Economic and Legal Humanitarian Academy, Editor-in-Chief of the «Eurasian Advocacy» Journal 450006, Ufa, Lenina St., 102, office 24, Russian Federation
Abstract: The article provides a critical analysis of the disciplinary proceedings against advocate Viktor Drozdov. The author examines in detail the doctrine of «advocate’s omerta», established by the Federal Chamber of Advocates Ethics and Standards Commission Clarification ? 03/19, proving its conflict with the Russian Constitution, international standards, and federal law. The study identifies numerous procedural violations during the disciplinary process, including the expansion of charges and the breach of the principle of impartiality. The author concludes that the Drozdov case is an act of «disciplinary tyranny» and serves as evidence of a profound crisis in the independence of the legal profession in Russia.
Keywords: advocacy, independence of the legal profession, Viktor Drozdov case, disciplinary liability, Code of Professional Ethics of Advocates, Federal Chamber of Advocates
For citation: Ragulin A.V. Disciplinary Case Against Advocate Viktor Drozdov: Illegal Contributions and Punitive Ethics = Eurasian Advocacy. 2025;6(77):82. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.52068/2304-9839_2025_77_6_82
Russia: DISCIPLINARY CASE AGAINST ADVOCATE VIKTOR DROZDOV: ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND PUNITIVE ETHICS
