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1.2 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
This is the supreme judicial body for all courts of general jurisdiction on civil, criminal and
administrative matters. As of today the Supreme Court consists of 123 judges. Judges for the Supreme
Court are proposed by the President of the Russian Federation and approved by the upper house of the
legislature, the Federation Council. The Supreme Court is located in Moscow.
It has jurisdiction as a court of cassation, i.e. it is the highest court of appeal in the land. It is a
court of supervisory instance over the courts of the subjects of the Russian Federation and over the tier
of district courts below that level. There are three chambers in the structure of the Supreme Court of
the Russian Federation: Judicial Chamber on Civil Cases; Judicial Chamber on Criminal Cases; and
Military Chamber.
The Plenary Session of the Supreme Court can issue regulations. Regulations are a unique
element of the machinery for the implementation of domestic law in the Russian legal system. Enacted
by the Plenary Session, they are “explanations on issues of judicial practice”, based on the overview
and generalization of the jurisprudence of the lower courts and Supreme Courts of subjects of the
Federation. Regulations are abstract opinions but legally binding on all lower courts. They summarize
the judicial practice of lower courts and explain how a particular provision of the law shall be applied.
These regulations are employed to ensure the consistent application of Russian law by explaining how
the law shall be interpreted. Regulations have their legal basis in Article 126 of the RF Constitution.
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