PROBLEMS OF ORGANIZATION AND ADVOCACY PROFESSION FUNCTIONING
RAGULIN Andrey Viktorovich
«Seizure» of the Bar and Persecution of Lawyers in Russian Federation: How to Return Lawyer`s Independence and the Citizen’s Right to Protection: Scientific and Practical Report

1. Introduction

2. Methodology

3. International Standards for the Organization of the Bar and the Legal Profession

4. Legal Regulation of the Basics of the Organization of the Bar and the Legal Profession in Russia

5. The Opinion of the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Situation of the Bar and Legal Profession in Russia

6. Unfavorable Conditions and Obstacles for Practicing Law

7. Attacks on Lawyers and Harassment on Lawyers by State Bodies

8. Repressive Corporate Rulemaking and Disciplinary Prosecution of Lawyers by the Federal Chamber of Advocates and the Bar Chambers of the Regions of Russia

9. Barriers to Admission to the Profession and Discrimination in Practicing Law

10. Usurpation of Power in Advocate Self-Government Bodies

11. Suppression of Dissent and Censorship

12. Corruption and Financial Abuses

13. Anti–Lawyer Legislative Initiatives of 2021-2025 and their Implementation

14. Expansionism and Imperial Ambitions of the Leaders of the Federal Chamber of Advocates and Bar Chambers of the Regions of Russia, Politicization of the Activities of the Bar’s Self-Governing Bodies

15. Promotion of the «Lawyer’s Monopoly» as a Way of Total Subordination of the Legal Profession to the State

16. «Capture» of the Federal Chamber of Advocates and Bar Chambers of the Regions of Russia

17. Main Conclusions on the Situation in the Russian Bar and Legal Profession

18. Recommendations on Bringing the Organization of the Legal Profession in Russia in Line with International Standards