[en] In the Russian Federation the system of the state guarantees works for safety of consignors and consignees personnel, transport workers, population and environment during transportation of radioactive materials (RM). The Russian system of state control of RM transports, including the system of safety supervision in this field, provides sufficient guarantees of safety standards performance in practice. Nevertheless, the system needs to be improved, to achieve harmonization of supervisory activities and optimization of control instruments according to recommendations of IAEA and world practice. It is necessary to eliminate duplication of supervision of the same safety issues, to develop the common normative document determining the sequence of obtaining these or those permissions from the state or other authorities