Administrative responsibility for violations of forest use and forest protection in Russia

The article is devoted to the issues and legal problems of application of administrative responsibility for violations in the sphere of the use and protection of forests in Russia. Administrative responsibility for violations in the sphere of the use and protection of forests in Russia is becoming more relevant in connection with the development of timber industry in the Russian Federation. The most common types of responsibility for violations of environmental and natural resource law is administrative responsibility carried out by the notified body or official administrative penalties to citizens and legal persons who have committed an offence. Due to the imperfection of administrative legislation concerning violation of the rules on the use and protection of forests, species diversity of forest law in practice poses a number of problems when it comes to violations’ qualification by category. Cases considered by judges have led to increased numbers of complaints, including complains about decisions rendered by administrative bodies, officials involved in State forest oversight, ambiguity, court rulings on complaints.