It is noted that "the federal center continues to work to increase the availability of free legal aid for citizens."
“A pilot project will be launched to perfect this practice in Russia.
10 regions will become its participants.
The order was signed by the Chairman of the Government Mikhail Mishustin, ”the statement reads.
The government's press service explained that "an experiment to provide free legal assistance in a remote format will take place in Tatarstan, Krasnodar Territory, Kemerovo, Irkutsk, Kursk, Moscow, Rostov, Smolensk, Tambov and Ulyanovsk regions."
The Cabinet of Ministers added that “it will be coordinated by an interdepartmental working group, which will include representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Digital Industry and the participating regions.
The Ministry of Justice was instructed, together with the regional authorities, to develop "road maps" for the provision of free legal assistance using electronic services, as well as to determine the list of state and non-state information systems necessary for this. "