Article 29.1.5 Implementation of a request for legal assistance in the Russian Federation

1. The Court and federal executive officials shall execute requests for legal assistance in cases of administrative offences transmitted to them in accordance with established procedures. to the competent authorities and officials of foreign States, in accordance with the international treaties of the Russian Federation or on the basis of reciprocity, which are envisaged for the time being 2. In the execution of a request for legal assistance, the provisions of this Code shall apply. of a State, the official performing the request shall apply the law of that foreign State, provided that its application is not contrary to the law of the Russian Federation. 3. Representatives of a foreign State may be present in the execution of a request for legal assistance if this is provided for in the international treaties of the Russian Federation. 4. If the request for legal assistance cannot be carried out in full or in any part, the documents received shall be returned. The competent authority of the foreign State from which the request was made shall, through the authority which received it or through diplomatic channels, indicate the reasons which prevented its execution. 5. The request for legal assistance shall be returned in whole or in any part if: (1) it is totally or in any part contrary to the legislation of the Russian Federation or international law. the treaty of the Russian Federation under which it was sent; (2) the execution of the request in whole or in any part may be detrimental to the sovereignty or security of the Russian Federation; (3) Similar requests by the State authorities of the Russian Federation are not implemented in a foreign State on the basis of reciprocity.