High Court of Arbitration of Russia

It was replaced by a 30-Judge Judicial Chamber for Commercial Disputes that is part of an expanded Russian Supreme Court effective August 8, 2014.

[1] Commercial arbitrations in Russia existed long before the October Revolution, though their powers were very limited.

It de facto established stare decisis principle, since upper state arbitrations were empowered to give compulsory elucidations to the lower ones.

Only the Prosecutor General of Russia, President of the High Court of Arbitration and his deputies could bring an appeal to the Presidium.

When a case was heard in the Presidium, execution of the decision of a lower court might be delayed.

The procedural Code of Arbitration provided that the Presidium of the High Court of Arbitration was entitled to reverse a decision of a lower court if it did not follow common judicial practice.