Administrative detention: issues of imposition and execution of penalty

The article is devoted to the most topical issues of the imposition and execution of administrative penalty in the form of administrative arrest. Analyzing the provisions of administrative law, the author notes that some problems of administrative arrest are associated with a poor logistical support of police units executing the decisions of the administrative proceedings. In this regard, the author comes to the conclusion that there is an urgent need to resolve the issue of full provision of territorial internal affairs bodies with premises for the detention of offenders subjected to administrative arrest. The author also proposed her own version of Part 4, Article 25.5 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.In author’s opinion, certain provisions of the administrative legislation regarding the imposition and execution of administrative arrest require some improvement. However, the conclusions about the exclusion of administrative arrest from the system of penalties are considered to be untimely.