The current condition and actual problems of practice represent the interests of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights complaints related to the activities of the MIA of Russia

The relevance of the questions and the problem statement identifies a need for scientific study of problems arising in the process of representation of interests of the Russian Federation at the European Court of human rights on cases related to the activities of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia, the lack of proper attention to this issue in the scientific literature. The goals set by the authors in this study are to analyze the state of practice of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia in representing the interests of the Russian Federation in the ECHR, identify problems in this area and develop proposals aimed at resolving them. The methodological basis of the research is General scientific, private scientific and special methods of cognition. These include: method of analysis and synthesis, logical, complex, system-structural, functional, historical, comparative law, formal legal, statistical, classification, and some others. The paper provides statistical information on the work of the ECHR in reviewing complaints, including its decisions against the Russian Federation. The article reveals the legal basis and essence of interaction between the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia and the Commissioner of the Russian Federation at the European Court of human rights. The main reasons and conditions for citizens ‘ appeals to the ECHR with complaints related to the activities of the internal Affairs bodies of the Russian Federation are determined. As a result of the research, the authors came to a number of conclusions. The analysis of practice of formation of the position of the interior Ministry's complaints to the European Court of citizens on wrongful actions of officials of bodies of internal Affairs allowed the authors to identify the main groups of problematic issues in this field and to make a conclusion about necessity of development of complex of measures, directed on increase of efficiency of representation of interests of the Russian Federation to the ECHR in cases connected with the activity of the MIA of Russia.