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Organizational Class Action in Russia

D.I. Shandurskiy, 
Postgraduate of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure of Institute 
of the State and Law of the Tyumen State University 

Class action is an important safeguard to protect rights and legitimate interests of large groups of people and it’s already proven in advanced foreign legal systems. At the same time countries with a continental legal system traditionally use public and organizational class actions for judicial protection of rights of a large group or unspecified persons. Russian procedural system provides participation of public associations (organizations) in protection of violated collective rights of a large group of persons or unspecified persons in the most vulnerable areas of economic life. In all topicality for Russian society the institute of organizational class action suffers from a lack of theoretical research and practical application. Absence of the mechanism (from commencement of action till adjudication) of judicial protection of collective rights and public interest by «ideological plaintiffs» creates obstacles to development of the institution of organizational class action in Russia.

Keywords: organizational class action; defense of collective rights; public interest; group litigation.

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Information about the author: 

Shandurskiy D.I. (Tyumen) – Postgraduate of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure of the Institute of State and Law of the Tyumen State University (625000, Tyumen region, Tyumen, Lenina st., 38; e-mail: [email protected]).

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