Administrative arrest (Russia)
In Russia and some other post-Soviet states, administrative detention (Russian: административное задержание) and administrative arrest (Russian: Административный арест) are types of incarceration related to administrative offenses These concepts were inherited from the law of the Soviet Union. Similar legal concepts are used in Belarus and UkraineThe administrative detention is a short-term restriction of the freedom of a person to secure the consideration of the case and making a decision. The term of administrative detention normally should not exceed 3 hours (article 27.5), with the exception of the cases related to the violations or state borders and illegal stay in the country (detention up to 48 hours) and cases then a person is expected to be subject to administrative arrest. If an intoxicated person is detained, its detention time starts from the moment the person is sobered.If a minor is detained, their parents or legal guardians must be notified. The administrative arrest is carried out for an administrative offense of grave type, such as malicious defiance of police or military, petty hooliganism, etc.