District Court Judges
1. World judges in the Russian Federation (hereinafter - world judges) are general jurisdiction judges of the subjects of the Russian Federation and are part of the unified judicial system of the Russian Federation. The powers, procedures for activities of world judges and procedures for establishing positions of world judges are determined by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Federal Constitutional Law "On the Judicial System of the Russian Federation," other federal constitutional laws, this Federal Law and other federal laws, while the procedure for appointment (election) and activities of world judges is also established by the laws of the subjects of the Russian Federation. Federation
Source: Federal Law No. 188-FZ of December 17, 1998 (as amended on October 2, 2012) "On Magistrates in the Russian Federation"