Is the fine the mildest punishment for a crime?

Successful crime fighting includes bringing the guilty person to criminal responsibility and giving him a fair punishment as well as the effectiveness of this punishment. This means the ensuring the achievement of purposes of criminal punishment. In the Art. 44 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation a fine is provided as the mildest punishment. However, the analysis carried out by the author shows that the fine in its punitive content cannot be attributed to the mildest punishment for a crime, as a result of which the effectiveness (feasibility) of this punishment is very low. The author proposes some ways to increase the efficiency of paying the fine, appointed as the main punishment.