MOSCOW, February 24 (RAPSI) – Poor mail service in Moscow is hindering the work of the district courts, Head of the Moscow Judicial Department Board Vyacheslav Lipezin said on Monday, stating that the chairs of the district courts regularly complain about poor mail service.

“The mail service fails to deliver judicial summons in a timely manner, to deliver registered mail slips to the courts without delays, and does not enter the reasons for failing to deliver a summons on the slips,” Lipezin said on the Moscow City Court website. This results in additional costs and delays in court proceedings.

Lipezin also said that 793 people left their district court jobs last year, and that the courts are now short 358 employees.

The main reasons employees left were low pay, heavy workload and high eligibility requirements. According to the Moscow City Court’s press office, a paralegal assistant’s pay is only 4,960 rubles ($140) a month, and the salary of a court recorder is 4,700 rubles ($132).