Will an application or a request to a federal executive government body be answered if submitted via “e-reception desk” at its official website? Or registered mail is the only real way to contact governmental officials? Tatyana Tolsteneva, IIFD researcher, and other IIFD activists in Nizhny Novgorod tried to learn this practically.

Amendments proposed to the law on prosecution authorities aim to eliminate ungrounded refusals to provide citizens access to prosecutor inspections’ materials.

Russians have lately held protest actions aganist unlawful usage of blue lights on officials’ cars. But while activists and media have been protesting, “blue lights” of another kind are flashing not in streets but in courts. If so, where can one apply for justice?

Armenia: In early June, a new version of the Government official website and a webportal dedicated to e-government started functioning. Our Armenian colleagues express their opinion.

Perm: A citizen requested from the local administration of the Leninsky district housing information directly touching value of his living apartment and life quality of his neigbors.

About half a year has passed since triumphal launch of the Russian state service web portal. Overloaded by lots of visitors checking its work, the portal suddenly halted and was much laughed at…