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Merger of the Supreme Court and Supreme Commercial Court

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed merging the Supreme Court with the Supreme Commercial Court in June 2013. This reform requires amendments to the Russian Constitution. Currently, the Supreme Court presides over all civil lawsuits, criminal cases and those involving administrative offenses, while the Supreme Commercial Court presides over all economic disputes. The merger proposal has been met with controversy by the lawyer community.

Who will lead renewed Russia's Supreme Court?

By the end of the summer, Russia’s Supreme Commercial Court will cease to exist. The court’s powers will be transferred in their entirety to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation under a federal law that entered into force on February 5. Efforts to fill the court’s chairmanship have been underway since early March. Applications and documents for the position will be accepted until April 17. While the applicants gather documents and prepare for the Qualifications Board and the personnel department of the Presidential Executive Office and the Federation Council, RAPSI examines the most likely candidates.

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The merger of Russia’s Supreme Court and Supreme Commercial Court will foster greater equality to the justice system, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday during his annual Federation Council address.

13:38 12.12.2013

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Last June President Vladimir Putin suggested merging the Supreme Court and the Supreme Commercial Court and amending the Constitution to match. Since then the State Duma has received many draft laws relating to the merger and the court’s impending relocation to Saint Petersburg. However, some lawyers are vigorously speaking out against any such reform.

18:52 26.11.2013

Russian lawyers protest Putin’s court reform

Russian lawyers criticized the Kremlin on Tuesday in a rare display of public discontent, speaking against a court reform that would abolish what they called the most progressive branch of Russia’s judiciary.

11:13 20.11.2013

Russian Duma on its way approving courts merger bill

The State Duma on Tuesday passed in the first reading a bill proposing a merger between Russia's Supreme Court and the Supreme Commercial Court, and amending the Constitution accordingly.

18:01 12.11.2013

Russian Intellectual Property Court to act independently

Russia’s Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) will act independently as major reforms to the country's justice system underway.

15:17 14.10.2013

Seven judges of Russian Supreme Commercial Court resign amid courts merger

Seven judges of the Supreme Commercial Court have filed resignation applications with the qualification board.

11:43 10.10.2013

Supreme Сommercial Court chair warns against courts merger

The planned merger of the general and commercial court systems will weaken the influence of federal supreme courts on regional justice, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov said on Friday.

15:58 01.03.2013