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) i.e., a form of extrajudicial punishment.
In modern Russia there are concepts of, administrative process, and - all governed by the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses: is "an unlawful, guilty action (inaction) of an individual or legal entity for which this Code or the laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on administrative offenses establishes ", [1] and "by administrative means" refers to the application of the administrative process.
Concepts similar to "administrative process" exist in other countries: in Germany, in Poland, etc.