Russian State University of Justice explained

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Russian State University of Justice
Other Name:	RSUJ
Native Name:	Российский государственный университет правосудия
Former Name:	Russian Academy of Justice (RAJ, Russian: Российская Академия Правосудия)
Established:	1998
Type:	Public
Rector:	V. Ershov
City:	Moscow
Country:	Russia
Campus:	urban, multiple sites
Website:	http://www.rgup.ru/

The Russian State University of Justice is a university that trains the members and candidates of the judiciary (judges and court officials) of Russia.^[1] Until 2014, it was the Russian Academy of Justice, which was founded in 1998 after a decree from the president of the Russian Federation.^[2] The word for "justice" in its name is .

Branches

It has eleven branches:^[3]

• Chelyabinsk: the Ural Branch (Russian: Уральский филиал /)
• Irkutsk: the East Siberian Branch (Russian: Восточно-Сибирский филиал /)
• Kazan: the Kazan Branch (Russian: Казанский филиал /)
• Khabarovsk: the Far Eastern Branch (Russian: Дальневосточный филиал /)
• Krasnodar: the North Caucasian Branch (Russian: Северо-Кавказский филиал /)
• Nizhny Novgorod: the Volga Branch (Russian: Приволжский филиал /)
• Rostov-on-Don: the Rostov Branch (Russian: Ростовский филиал /)
• Saint Petersburg: the Northwestern Branch (Russian: Северо-Западный филиал /)
  • • inside Alexander Park, next to the Artillery Museum Simferopol: the Crimean Branch (Russian: Крымский филиал /)
• Tomsk: the West Siberian Branch (Russian: Западно-Сибирский филиал /)
• Voronezh: the Central Branch (Russian: Центральный филиал /)

Notes and References

1. Web site: About RSUJ . www.rsuj-moot.ru . 2016.
2. http://help.ppa.coe.int/file.php/1/NTI%20Presentations/Russian%20Accademy%20of%20Justice.pdf Annual report of the Russian Academy of Justice 2010
3. Web site: Приказ Верховного Суда РФ от 4 сентября 2014 года № 710/кд (Court order). 2014-09-04. ru .