Problems of functioning of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in the system of separation of powers in Russia

At present, the administrative reform is being implemented in Russia and it will be finished in due course. Some state organs appear, merge and become liquidated. These are: Militia, Supreme Arbitration Court, and the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation. In due course, the Government of the Russian Federation is supposed to be reformed, that means establishing additional supervision organs and possible liquidation of some ministries, federal services and agencies. In connection with coming changes, the author analyzed the powers of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation from the moment of its establishment in the Tsarist Russia. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in modern Russia is not the supreme organ of the juridical branch and does not have organizational and chief functions in relation to it as it did in the Tsarist Russia and in the USSR. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation have powers belonging to the legislative, executive and juridical branches of power in the Russian Federation. This poses some difficulties in the cooperation of powers. The author suggests redistributing the powers of The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation according to their asignment and basic functions of the juridical, executive and legislative branches. The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation itself should be eliminated or should be given new powers appropriate of the executive branch of the Russian Federation.