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		The Russian judiciary is divided into three branches: The courts of general jurisdiction (including military courts); subordinated to the Supreme Court; the arbitration (commercial) court system under the High Court of Arbitration; and the Constitutional Court (as well as constitutional courts in a number of administrative entities of the Russian Federation).
		Civil and criminal cases are tried in courts of primary jurisdiction, courts of appeals, and higher courts. The general court system's lowest level is the municipal court, which serves each city or rural district and hears more than 90 percent of all civil and criminal cases. The next level of courts of general jurisdiction is the regional courts. At the highest level is the Supreme Court. Decisions of the lower trial courts can be appealed only to the immediately superior court unless a constitutional issue is involved. The arbitration court system consists of city or regional courts as well as appellate circuit courts subordinated to the High Court of Arbitration. Arbitration courts hear cases involving business disputes between legal entities and between legal entities and the state. Judges are approved by the President after being nominated by the qualifying collegia, which are assemblies of judges. These collegia also have the authority to remove judges for misbehavior, and to approve procurator's requests to prosecute judges. Source: Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, US Department of State General information Ministry of Justice of Russia – official site: the structure of Ministry; Federal registration service, Federal service of judicial police officers, Federal service of executions of punishments, information about the competitive tenders, territorial bodies, subordinated establishments, activity of Ministry, news (rus) Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation – official site: structure, the role of Constitutional court in Russia, news, Decisions and definitions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, library witch contains copies of legal certificates official publications (rus). The State Duma – official site. The State Duma possesses the right of legislative initiative. The deputies of the State Duma submit: bills and amendments to them; legislative initiatives on development and acceptance of new federal constitutional laws and federal laws; bills on modification and additions to the laws currently in force in the Russian Federation and laws of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic or bills declaring laws stale. The Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation - official site: structure, historical essay, news and information about the System of Arbitration Courts, International Jurisdiction and Cooperation, Judicial certificates (rus/eng). The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation - official site: structure, history, news, Juridical System of the Russian Federation, document of the Court, the help information on affairs and complaints, Bodies of judicial community, Courts of the general jurisdiction (rus) Legislation The Arbitrage of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Moscow - the site includes background legislation Example, of an arbitration agreement and explanation of recognition and enforcement of awards (eng) Business-related Legal Acts of the RF – the site from the Russian Society of Appraisers. It includes the following laws: On Insolvency (Bankruptcy), On Limited-Liability Companies, On Book-Keeping, Town-Planning Code and others (eng) Citizenship: Russian Federation - from Legislationline (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE. Contains Federal Law on Citizenship of May 31, 2002.) (eng) The hierarchy of laws in the Russian Federation - the legislative system in Russia, the primary and fundamental statement of laws in the Russian Federation (eng). Federal Law on Joint-Stock Companies – Sphere of Application of This Federal Law, Legal Status of Joint-Stock Company, Responsibility of Company, Branches and Representations of Company (eng) Franchising Information - legislation and regulations relevant to franchising: short summary of legislation and regulations as of July 30, 2002, from International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (eng). MediaLaw.ru - from Moscow Media Law and Policy Institute, a regional NGO. Includes laws: On Advertising; On Mass Media, On Judicial Practice at Disposal of Cases on Protection of Honour and Dignity of Persons, Business Reputation of Persons and Legal Entitities (eng) Russian Federation law resource - links to the Russian Federation constitution, Russian Federation government, Russian Federation law firms, Russian Federation law, Russian Federation commercial law, Russian Federation court, Russian Federation legal research, Russian Federation arbitration law, Moscow bar association, Russian Federation freedom of religion law, Russian Federation legislature, Russian Federation e-commerce law, and Russian Federation law guide (eng). Legal Protection of Intellectual Property - by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia: Regulatory Environment, Patents, Trademarks, Service Marks, and Appellation of Origin of Goods, Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights, Software Programs and Databases, Trade Secrets and Know-How and others (eng) Legislative Update for 2004 by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia (eng) - Accounting Legislation, Town Planning Legislation, Tax Legislation, Corporate Legislation, Budget Legislation (eng) Law of the Russian Federation on International Commercial Arbitration - Arbitration Agreement, Composition of Third-Party Tribunal, Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunal, Conduct of Arbitral Proceedings and others (eng) Open Directory Project - this site has an extensive collection of links to Russian law and government sites (eng). Special Economic Zones in Russia - website of the Federal Agency For Management of Special Economic zones giving a comprehensive overview on the subject (eng). Russian Labour Law - by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia: Applicability of Russian Law, Hiring Process, Employment Agreement, Probation Period, Payment of Salary, Working Hours, Dual Employment, Overtime, Vacation, Sanctions for Labor Law Violations (eng) Russian law - Russian legislation from the Russian web directory (eng) Russian Law News analysis of major changes in Russian legislation affecting business and investment activities by LeBoeuf Lamb - international law firm in Moscow. They advise multinational and regional clients in corporate finance, securities issuances, and in structuring, negotiating, documenting and financing mergers, strategic alliances, acquisitions, and dispositions of companies and assets. The company also has a growing general corporate practice (eng) State and Power - Political system catalogue, Central Public Authorities, Judicial Authority, RF Constitution (eng) Ernst & Young - Russian Legislation - search and download information about the Russian accounting, tax and related legislation (eng) Garant (Legislation with comments) - providing legal information, Russian Legislation - Step by step; documents of Federal Laws and Governmental regulations; Daily Monitoring of the Legislation (rus/eng) E-Commerce Legislation - electronic transactions legislation and regulations (Russia), summaries on enacted and pending legislation on e-commerce. From law firm of Baker & McKenzie (eng). Law firms - NRCC Member Companies Selmer – one of the founders and sponsors of the NRCC, Selmer has a representative office in Moscow (eng/nor) Wikborg Rein - one of the founders of the NRCC (eng/nor/rus) DLA Nordic (eng/nor) Steenstrup Stordrange (eng/nor) Simonsen (eng/nor)