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Russian Federation - Arbitration Law and Practice in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): 
David Goldberg
Gordon Blanke
Julia Zagonek
Page Count: 
148 pages
Media Description: 
PDF from "Arbitration Law and Practice in Central and Eastern Europe"
Published: 
June, 2006
Jurisdictions: 
Russia
Practice Areas: 
Right to Decide ex aequo et bono,
Arbitrators and Arbitral Tribunals,
Removal and Resignation of Arbitrators,
Challenge of Arbitrators,
Applicable Law,
Arbitral Awards,
Amendments and Rectification,
Appeal to Arbitral Tribunal and Annulment,
Arbitral Process,
Agreement to Arbitrate,
Contents of Arbitration Agreement,
Separability,
Termination,
Costs and Damages,
Jurisdiction and Powers of the Courts in Matters of Arbitration Generally,
Recourse Against Award Generally,
Enforcement of Arbitral Awards,
Interim Measures of Protection,
Third Parties in Arbitral Proceedings,
Evidence,
National Legislation,
UNCITRAL Model Law
Author Detail: 

David Goldberg FCIArb (Russian Federation) is Co-Head of SJ Berwin LLP's International Arbitration Group.

Gordon Blanke MCIArb (Russian Federation) is a Solicitor with SJ Berwin LLP's International Arbitration Group.

Julia Zagonek (Russian Federation) is a Solicitor with SJ Berwin LLP's International Arbitration Group.

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Originally from Arbitration Law and Practice in Central and Eastern Europe

1. GENERAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK

1.1 National law

a) Current status
What is the current status? When was it enacted? Have there already been amendments?

General points on arbitration in the Russian Federation

By way of introduction, it is important to note that Article 118 of the Russian Constitution ratified on 12 December 1993 proclaims as follows:

(i) Justice in the Russian Federation shall be administered only by the courts of law;

(ii) the power of the judiciary shall be exercised exclusively within the framework of predetermined constitutional, civil, administrative and criminal procedures; and, finally,

(iii) the judicial system of the Russian Federation shall be established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law, with the creation of specialist courts being prohibited.1

With this in mind, it is not surprising that the so-called Law on the Judicial System of the Russian Federation ratified on 31 December 19962 does not make any mention of arbitration courts or arbitral tribunals when setting out the parameters of the judicial system. This lacuna in the wording of that Law clearly reflects the subordinate nature of arbitration courts and arbitral tribunals to the ordinary State courts within the Russian legal system.