Judicial practice

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Russia and Iran join forces for judicial cooperation

Russia's Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev and First Deputy Head of Iran’s Judiciary Mohammad Mosaddeq have reached an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance with the digital transformation of the legal systems of both countries.

12:44 18.08.2022

AI unlikely to be allowed court sentencing - expert

The artificial intelligence (AI) systems can help professional judges analyze data, but they are unlikely to be assigned to court sentencing, according to Ruslan Ibragimov, Director for Legal Research of HSE University.

17:49 06.06.2022

Conference of SCO Supreme Court Chairmen to be held in Moscow

The Fifteenth Conference of Supreme Courts’ Chairmen of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) member states will be held in Moscow through videolink on October 30.

15:58 28.10.2020

Legal aid most sought when applying to Russian Children’s Ombudsman in 2019

In 2019, the number of appeals concerning judicial protection and professional legal aid grew by 37.1%, according to a report of the Children’s Rights Commissioner.

13:25 29.05.2020

Videoconference trials do not violate rights of defendants – Russian Supreme Court

Court proceedings conducted through video link meet the criteria for fair and public hearing of a case and do not violate the rights of accused persons, the Russian Supreme Court explains in its second judicial review published during the pandemic of coronavirus.

13:32 30.04.2020

Over 2 mln cases considered by Russian courts during coronavirus lockdown

Russian courts considered over 2 million cases and materials during the coronavirus quarantine, from March 18 to April 20, RAPSI was told in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

17:15 21.04.2020

Russian business ombudsman strives for working on digital legal proceedings

Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov has forwarded a proposal to creat a working group on the introduction of digital judicial proceedings to the Supreme Court’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev.

15:05 08.04.2020

Russia’s Supreme Court proposes to empower jurors to try economic crimes cases

The Supreme Court of Russia proposes to empower jurors to examine economic crimes cases.

15:34 11.02.2020

President Putin approves compensations for inadequate detention conditions

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed amendments to the legislation permitting to seek compensations for substandard conditions of detention and imprisonment into law.

14:12 30.12.2019

Defendants may gain right to seek compensation for inadequate detention conditions

The upper house of Russian parliament on Monday approved a draft law on compensation for substandard conditions of detention and imprisonment.

16:21 23.12.2019

Russian business ombudsman pushes for creation of blacklist of judges

Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov proposes to set a special expert group to assess judges’ decisions and rulings and create the so-called blacklist of Russian judges.

11:35 19.09.2019

Russia’s courts of appeal and cassation to begin work on October 1

General jurisdiction and military courts of appeal and cassation will begin their work on October 1, according to the resolution of the Russian Supreme Court’s Plenum.

16:47 12.09.2019

Russia’s Supreme Court dissatisfied with quality of investigative activities

The proper course of justice depends on the quality of underlying it investigative operations, Vladimir Davydov, a Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia said addressing a meeting of court chairpersons on Wednesday. Therefore, he continued, one must not turn a blind eye to unsatisfactory performance of these bodies.

16:52 13.02.2019

Russian Human Rights Council opposes bill on requirements for lawyers

Russia’s Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights has recommended the State Duma to reject a bill setting standard requirements for lawyers admitted to practice in Russian courts.

15:59 21.12.2017

Russian Constitutional Court bans review of final judgments upon Supreme Court’s decision

Russia’s Constitutional Court has banned review of court rulings, which already came into force, because of the resolutions made by boards of the Supreme Court.

11:55 17.10.2017

Supreme Court drafts proposals for improvement of Russian judicial system

The Supreme Court of Russia has prepared suggestions for improvement of the country’s judicial system.

13:56 04.08.2017

Bill on assignment of public defenders in criminal cases passed in first reading

The Russian State Duma has passed the bill on assignment of public defenders in criminal cases in the first reading.

17:02 23.06.2017

Russian judicial system requires improvement – Putin

President Vladimir Putin said during the annual Q&A session with Russian citizens on Thursday that judicial system, although in need of improvement, should be trusted in matters of choosing punishment for criminals.

17:43 15.06.2017

VII St. Petersburg International Legal Forum establishes Civil Law Achievement Award

The VII Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF), Russia’s Justice Ministry’s annual conference, has instituted the World Award for Highest Achievements in Civil and Private International Law.

15:55 17.05.2017

Russian judge suspected of failure of justice

Head of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has opened a criminal case against Judge of the Chechen Republic Commercial Court Alu Bachayev over alleged failure of justice.

17:53 31.03.2017