The amendments to the Civil Procedural Code, Arbitration Procedural Code and the Code of
Administrative Judicial Procedure concerning class action lawsuits adopted in 2019 are a longawaited development in the reform of civil procedure. Their adoption is one of the key moments in the
development of modern Russian civil procedure.
The purpose of this work is to analyze the novels, compare them with the previous Russian legislation,
determine the advantages and disadvantages, as well as correlate them with foreign analogues.
Procedural novels establish an original model of group production. A class action can be filed by
either an individual or a legal entity. In other words, both private and organizational class actions are
allowed. In addition, there are no restrictions on the scope of a class action lawsuit. This model differs
significantly from its European counterparts, where certain types of class actions are allowed, and
there are significant restrictions on the scope of application of class actions. The Russian Institute
can be described as a radical model of class action for continental law countries.