Judicial districts of Russia

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Map of cassation court districts

On 1 October 2019 five courts of appeal of general jurisdiction [lower-alpha 1] and nine courts of cassation of general jurisdiction [lower-alpha 2] were created in the Russian Federation, which are operating within the respective judicial district. [1]

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Courts of appeal of general jurisdiction are the courts of appeal for the 85 regional courts of Russia. Courts of cassation of general jurisdiction are the courts of cassation for the courts of general jurisdiction and justices of the peace operating in the respective district.

History

On 13 July 2017, the plenary session of the Supreme Court of Russia adopted a resolution to submit a bill to the State Duma creating separate courts of appeal and cassation courts of general jurisdiction. It is noted that the creation of interregional courts is associated with the need to ensure the independence of the judiciary. [2] [3]

The law was signed by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 29 July 2018. The amendments created nine courts of cassation and five appellation courts of general jurisdiction. The day of the commencement of the activities of these courts is established by the plenary session of the Supreme Court no later than 1 October 2019.

List of appellation court districts

NameResidenceConsiders cases on complaints against judicial acts ofWebsite
First Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction Moscow Moscow City Court and Oblast courts of Belgorod Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Oryol Oblast, Pskov Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Tula Oblast, Tver Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Voronezh Oblast and Yaroslavl Oblast 1ap.sudrf.ru
Second Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg City Court, Oblast courts of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Murmansk Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast and Vologda Oblast, Republican courts of Karelia and Komi, Okrug courts of KhMAO, NAO and YaNAO 2ap.sudrf.ru
Third Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction Sochi Sevastopol City Court, Krasnodar and Stavropol Krai courts, Oblast courts of Astrakhan Oblast, Rostov Oblast and Volgograd Oblast, Republican courts of Adygea, Chechnya, Crimea, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia and North Ossetia 3ap.sudrf.ru
Fourth Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction Nizhny Novgorod Perm Krai Court, Oblast courts of Kirov Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Penza Oblast, Samara Oblast, Saratov Oblast and Ulyanovsk Oblast, Republican courts of Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Mari El, Mordovia, Tatarstan and Udmurtia 4ap.sudrf.ru
Fifth Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction Novosibirsk Krai courts of Altai Krai, Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Primorsky Krai and Zabaykalsky Krai, Oblast courts of Amur Oblast, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast and Tomsk Oblast, Republican courts of Altai Republic, Buryatia, Khakassia, Sakha (Yakutia) and Tuva, courts of Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug 5ap.sudrf.ru

List of cassation court districts

NameResidenceCarries out revision of judicial acts adopted by the courts ofWebsite
First Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Saratov Belgorod Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Oryol Oblast, Penza Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Tula Oblast 1kas.sudrf.ru
Second Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Moscow Moscow, Ivanovo Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, Ryazan Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Tver Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast 2kas.sudrf.ru
Third Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Murmansk Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, Pskov Oblast, Vologda Oblast, Karelia, Komi, Nenets Autonomous Okrug 3kas.sudrf.ru
Fourth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Krasnodar Sevastopol, Krasnodar Krai, Astrakhan Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Adygea, Crimea, Kalmykia 4kas.sudrf.ru
Fifth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Pyatigorsk Stavropol Krai, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia 5kas.sudrf.ru
Sixth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Samara Kirov Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Samara Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Mari El, Tatarstan, Udmurtia 6kas.sudrf.ru
Seventh Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Chelyabinsk Perm Krai, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, KhMAO, YaNAO 7kas.sudrf.ru
Eighth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Kemerovo Altai Krai, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Zabaykalsky Krai, Irkutsk Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Altai Republic, Buryatia, Khakassia, Tuva 8kas.sudrf.ru
Ninth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction Vladivostok Kamchatka Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Amur Oblast, Magadan Oblast, Sakhalin Oblast, Sakha (Yakutia), Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Chukotka 9kas.sudrf.ru

Notes

  1. Russian: Апелляционный суд общей юрисдикции, romanized: apellyatsionnyi sud obshchey yurisdiktsii
  2. Russian: Кассационный суд общей юрисдикции, romanized: kassatsionnyi sud obshchey yurisdiktsii

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References

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  2. "Войдите, Фемида". Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
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