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Presiding Officer


The presiding judge is the judge who oversees the court session during the collegial consideration of a criminal case, as well as the judge handling the criminal case individually1.

  1. Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation dated 18.12.2001, as amended on 2001-12-18, Article 5, subpara. 26 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2001. No. 52. Art. 4921. ↩

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