By administrative means (В административном порядке, "V administrativnom poryadke") was a term used in the Soviet Union when some actions which would normally require a court decision were left to the decision of executive bodies (administration).

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With respect to the imprisonment and deportation of individuals, this meant extrajudicial punishment.

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