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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of April 9, 2026 No. 78-FZ

About modification of the Code of penal procedure of the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on March 24, 2026

Approved by the Federation Council on April 1, 2026

Article 1

Bring in the Code of penal procedure of the Russian Federation (The Russian Federation Code, 2001, No. 52, Art. 4921; 2002, No. 22, Art. 2027; 2003, No. 27, Art. 2706; 2009, No. 1, Art. 29; 2011, No. 1, Art. 45; No. 25, Art. 3533; No. 45, Art. 6322; 2012, No. 24, Art. 3071; 2013, No. 30, Art. 4050; No. 44, Art. 5641; No. 52, Art. 6997; 2014, No. 11, Art. 1094; No. 19, Art. 2335; 2015, No. 1, Art. 71; No. 10, Art. 1417; 2016, No. 26, Art. 3859; No. 28, Art. 4559; 2017, No. 24, Art. 3484; 2018, No. 1, Art. 51; No. 31, Art. 4817; No. 42, Art. 6375; No. 47, Art. 7134; 2019, No. 14, Art. 1459; 2020, No. 50, Art. 8070; 2021, No. 9, Art. 1462; No. 52, Art. 8985; 2022, No. 27, Art. 4617; No. 29, Art. 5227; 2023, No. 1, Art. 33; No. 25, Art. 4405; No. 49, Art. 8679; 2024, No. 53, Art. 8520) following changes:

Part the fourth Article 30 to state 1) in the following edition:

"4. Consideration of criminal cases in cassation procedure is performed:

1) presidium of the Supreme Court of the republic, regional or regional court, court of the federal city, court of the autonomous region, court of the autonomous area as a part of at least three judges;

2) judicial board on criminal cases of court of cassation of the general jurisdiction, cassation military court as a part of three judges, except for criminal cases about crimes of small and average weight, and also criminal cases with the cassation claim, representation to partial decisions of district court, garrison military court, Supreme Court of the republic, regional or regional court, court of the federal city, court of the autonomous region, court of the autonomous area, district (naval) military court which are considered by the judge of court of cassation of the general jurisdiction, cassation military court solely;

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