Medvedev calls for improved mechanisms to select and discipline judges

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed on Friday improving mechanisms for selecting and disciplining judges.

"I will order the drafting of amendments to the mechanism of competitive selection of judges and introduce disciplinary liability for them," Medvedev said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

“These functions are currently combined in certification boards. I think it would be better balanced to divide such functions between certification boards and regional disciplinary judicial committees,” he said.