On the types of restrictions for public servants in the Russian Federation

Abstract

A variety of criteria are proposed for differentiating restrictions established by law for public servants in the Russian Federation into different groups. The study of restrictions in the context of their types’ diversity allows us to determine their characteristics, regular relations with the particularities of certain types of public service, and shows their important place in the structure of the public servants’ legal status. Classification of restrictions contributes to the development of a systematic approach to the study of imperative principles in the public service. The conclusion is made about the predominantly administrative (public-law) nature of both restrictions and the legal status of public servants in general, and, about the essential unity of this status regardless of the types of public service.