Topical Issues of Formation and Development of Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office

Abstract

The objective of the study of issues related to participation of transport prosecutors in solving the problems of ensuring the rule of law in transport is to comprehend the role and significance of the transport prosecutor’s office in the history of Russia and at the present stage of its development, to identify the most significant areas of activity of transport prosecutors and effective means of its implementation in the interests of implementing national tasks of socio-economic development, implementation of the provisions of the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2030 with a forecast until 2035.Based on the application of the historical and legal method, the stages of formation and development of the transport prosecutor’s office in Russia are identified, the regular relationships between development of the transport industry and the change in the role and legal status of transport prosecutors are identified, conclusions are drawn regarding the significance of development of the transport prosecutor’s office in the modern period and the possibility of using the historical experience of legal regulation of relations with participation of transport prosecutors to solve urgent problems of transport system development.The formal dogmatic and statistical analysis made it possible to reveal the main areas of activity of transport prosecutors, to formulate, based on an analysis of the work of Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office, conclusions about the most promising forms, methods and means of exercising the powers of transport prosecutors to ensure the rule of law in transport sector.The use of systemic legal analysis made it possible to analyse the state and prospects for further interaction between Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office and departments of Russian University of Transport for formation of a legal culture of future transport specialists, legal education of students and young people, to determine ways and means of solving the problems of civil law education of students using the potential and considering possible correlation of the efforts of the professors of legal disciplines of RUT University and transport prosecutors.The implementation of individual proposals formulated by the authors can contribute to the increment of scientific knowledge about the role, directions, and forms of work of transport prosecutors, improve further interaction between Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office and departments of Russian University of Transport to ensure the rule of law in transport, the implementation of the Cooperation Agreement between Moscow Interregional Transport Prosecutor’s Office and Russian University of Transport.