Запрет заниматься иной оплачиваемой деятельностью как условие осуществления депутатских полномочий

Abstract

The article considers the prohibition to engage in other paid activities as a condition for exercising deputy powers for deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in comparison with deputies of lower levels of government and foreign experience. The ban is compared with the institutions of the free parliamentary mandate and professionalism of parliamentary activities. This draws attention to the different national perceptions of these structures in individual countries. Attention is paid to the analysis of the law enforcement practice of legislative notifications on incompatibility of posts for deputies. It is proposed to abolish the ban on engaging in business activities for deputies of various levels, since under current legal regulation it does not ensure the absence of financial levers to influence the lawmaking process, however, it can be used for political purposes as a lever of oppression of opposition deputies, and also can reduce the attractiveness of a deputy mandate for successful entrepreneurs. The author criticizes the legal position of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on the preservation of the immunity of a deputy deprived of his powers due to non-observance of restrictions on engaging in other types of paid activities.