Author

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Introduction

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Abbreviations

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Foundations of the Federation

Declaration on the State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (12 June 1990)

1

Decree on the Denunciation of the Treaty on the Formation of the USSR (12 December 1991)

3

Constitution of the Russian Federation (12 December 1993, as amended 30 December 2008)

4

Law on International Treaties (15 July 1995, as amended 25 December 2012)

33

Decree No. 5 of Supreme Court of Russian Federation on the Application by Courts of General Jurisdiction of Generally-Recognized Principles and Norms of International Law and International Treaties of the Russian Federation (10 October 2003)

48

Publication of Laws

Federal Law on the Procedure for the Republic and Entry into Force of Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws, and Acts of Chambers of the Federal Assembly (14 June 1994, as amended 25 December 2012)

55

Edict on the Procedure for the Publication and Entry into Force of Federal Laws (5 April 1994, as amended 17 November 2011)

58

Edict on the Procedure for the Publication and Entry into Force of Acts of the President of the Russian Federation, Government of the Russian Federation, and Normative Legal Acts of Federal Agencies of Executive Power (23 May 1996, as amended 17 November 2011)

60

Rights of Man and Citizen

Federal Law on Political Parties (11 July 2001, as amended 2 April 2013)

63

Federal Constitutional Law on the Plenipotentiary for Human Rights in the Russian Federation (26 February 1997, as amended 28 December 2010)

101

Federal Law on Measures of Influence against Persons Involved in Violations of Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms and the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens of the Russian Federation (28 December 2012)

110

Federal Law on the Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations (19 September 1997, as amended 1 July 2011)

113

Federal Law on Refugees (19 February 1993, as amended 30 December 2012)

126

Law on Forced Resettlers (19 February 1993, as amended 1 July 2011)

150

Statute on the Procedure for Granting Political Asylum by the Russian Federation 21 July 1997, as amended 12 July 2012)

159

Presidency of the Russian Federation

Statute on the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation (6 April 2004, as amended 11 February 2013)

163

Statute on the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation for Foreign Policy (29 June 2004, as amended 14 January 2011)

172

Statute on the State-Legal Administration of the President of the Russian Federation (28 May 2004, as amended 14 January 2011)

175

Government of the Russian Federation

Federal Constitutional Law on the Government of the Russian Federation (17 December 1997, as amended 3 December 2012)

178

Reglament of the Government of Russian Federation (1 June 2004, as amended 17 December 2012)

195

Statute on Apparatus of Government of Russian Federation (1 June 2004, as amended 19 September 2012)

222

Statute on Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation (11 July 2004, as amended 21 August 2012)

232

Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Federal Law on the Procedure for Forming the Soviet of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (3 December 2012, as amended 2 April 2013)

242

Federal Law on Status of Member of Soviet of Federation and Status of Deputy of State Duma of Federal Assembly of Russian Federation (8 May 1994, as amended 3 December 2012)

249

Reglament of State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (22 January 1998, as amended 25 January 2013)

275

Judicial System and Arbitration

General Structure

Federal Constitutional Law on Judicial System of the Russian Federation (31 December 1996, as amended 25 December 2012)

385

Federal Law on Judges' Community Agencies in Russian Federation (14 March 2002, as amended 2 October 2012)

395

Law on Status of Judges in the Russian Federation (26 June 1992, as amended 25 December 2012)

417

Code of Judicial Ethics (19 December 2012)

447

Federal Law on an Execution Proceeding (2 October 2007, as amended 28 July 2012)

456

Constitutional Court

Federal Constitutional Law on the Constitutional Court (21 July 1994, as amended 25 December 2012)

527

Courts of Ordinary Jurisdiction

Federal Law on Courts of General Jurisdiction in the Russian Federation (7 February 2011, as amended 1 December 2012)

562

Federal Law on Judicial Department attached to Supreme Court of Russian Federation (8 January 1998, as amended 25 December 2012)

583

Federal Law on Justices of the Peace in Russian Federation (17 December 1998, as amended 25 December 2012)

592

Federal Law on State Defense of Judges and Officials of Law Enforcement and Control Agencies (20 April 1995, as amended 25 December 2012)

597

Federal Law on Additional Guarantees of Social Defense of Judges and Workers of Apparatuses of Courts of Russian Federation (10 January 1996, as amended 25 December 2012)

605

Federal Law on Financing Courts of Russian Federation (10 February 1999)

607

Arbitrazh Courts

Federal Constitutional Law on Arbitrazh Courts in the Russian Federation (28 April 1995, as amended 6 December 2011)

609

Federal Law on Arbitrazh Assessors of Arbitrazh Courts of Subjects of Russian Federation (30 May 2001, as amended 29 June 2009)

635

Military Courts

Federal Constitutional Law on Military Courts of the Russian Federation (23 June 1999, as amended 25 December 2012)

639

Arbitration

Law of the Russian Federation on International Commercial Arbitration (7 July 1993, as amended 3 December 2008)

656

Annex 1

Statute on International Commercial Arbitration Court

666

Annex 2

Statute on the Maritime Arbitration Commission

667

Federal Law on Arbitration Courts in the Russian Federation (24 July 2002, as amended 21 November 2011)

670

Subjects of the Russian Federation

Treaty with Protocol on the Delimitation of Subject-Matter of Jurisdiction and Powers Between Federal Agencies of State Power of the Russian Federation and Agencies of Power of the Sovereign Republics Within the Russian Federation (31 March 1992)

686

Treaty with Protocol on the Delimitation of Subject-Matter of Jurisdiction and Powers Between Federal Agencies of State Power of the Russian Federation and Agencies of Power of the Territories, Regions, and Cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg of the Russian Federation (31 March 1992)

691

Treaty on the Delimitation of Subject-Matter of Jurisdiction and Powers Between Federal Agencies of State Power of the Russian Federation and Agencies of Power of the Autonomous Region and Autonomous National Areas Within the Russian Federation (31 March 1992)

696

Federal Law on the Procedure of Acceptance into the Russian Federation and Formation Within its Competence of a New Subject of the Russian Federation (17 December 2001, as amended 31 October 2005)

700

Federal Constitutional Law on the Formation Within the Composition of the Russian Federation of a New Subject of the Russian Federation as a Result of the Combining of Perm Region and Komi-Permiats National Autonomous Area (25 March 2004, as amended 12 April 2006)

706

Federal Law on General Principles of Organization of Legislative (or Representative) and Executive Agencies of State Power of Subjects of Russian Federation (6 October 1999, as amended 2 April 2013)

714

Legal Profession

Ministry of Justice

Statute on the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation (13 October 2004, as amended 29 December 2012)

775

Procuracy

Law on the Procuracy of the Russian Federation (version of 18 October 1995, as amended 30 December 2012)

791

Investigative Committee

Edict on Questions of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (27 September 2010, as amended 14 January 2011)

825

Federal Law on the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (28 December 2010, as amended 11 February 2013)

826

Notariat

Fundamental Principles of Legislation of the Russian Federation on the Notariat (11 February 1993, as amended 2 October 2012)

853

Advokatura

Federal Law on the Advokatura in the Russian Federation (31 May 2002, as amended 21 November 2011)

891

Code of Professional Ethics of Advokat (31 January 2003, as amended 5 April 2007)

923

Statute on Keeping Register of Advokats of Foreign States Effectuating Advokat Activity on Territory of Russian Federation (19 September 2003, as amended 8 December 2008)

937

Jurisconsult

Edict on Certain Measures With Regard to Strengthening Legal Services of State Agencies (8 May 2001)

942

Model Statute on Legal Service of Federal Agency of Executive Power (2 April 2002)

943

Registry for Acts of Legal Status (ZAGS)

Federal Law on Acts of Civil Status (15 November 1997, as amended 12 November 2012)

945

Law Enforcement Agencies

Statute on the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (11 August 2003, as amended 19 March 2013)

980

Statute on the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (1 March 2011, as amended 15 January 2013)

996

Statute on Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Control Over Turnover of Narcotics (28 July 2004, as amended 14 October 2012)

1009

Private Security

Law on Private Detective and Protection Activity in Russian Federation (11 March 1992, as amended 3 December 2011)

1018

Administrative Tribunals

Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations [General Part] (30 December 2001, as amended 23 February 2013) [Excerpts]

1037