"Stop wasting paper!" Yakutsk has proposed creating a "Citizen's Code"—a similar document has already existed in Krasnodar for a year.
In Yakutsk, Andrei Vysokikh, head of the city's public chamber, proposed creating a "Citizen's Code." It would outline rules of conduct for residents.
High считаетHe believes the code will help combat swearing in public places, as well as the increasing incidence of vandalism and hooliganism, through educational, rather than forceful, methods. There's demand for this, he added.
In recent years, Russia has been trying to regulate everything as much as possible. In Stavropol, for example, forbade sitting on the lawns in St. Petersburg have limited Places for street musicians to perform in Blagoveshchensk banned Electric scooters. Authorities often use prohibitive measures to control citizens' lives or avoid addressing urban problems rather than to protect them.
At the federal level, smoking in public places is prohibited, and fines of up to 3000 rubles and arrest are provided for swearing, which can be considered hooliganism or insult.
Yakutsk residents did not support the idea of a "Citizen's Code":
"Aren't the criminal and administrative codes enough? Maybe we should stop wasting paper?" "Perhaps a set of rules for the conduct of city council members? For example, hold monthly meetings with the citizens who elected them, produce proper reports, and make publicly available information about where you hold meetings." "Come on, they'll just come up with some fund, department, or something else for this. What a sawmill."
In Krasnodar, the "Ethical Code of Residents" approved In November 2024, it contained 11 "recommendations": respecting elders, helping the young, "not wasting time," not betraying family traditions, playing sports, and not destroying nature's creations. A separate prohibition was placed on desecrating sacred sites. There was also a call to respect veterans and combat veterans. There was no information on whether the code was being followed after the document's adoption.
