State automated system JUSTICE

About the system

The State Automated System "Justice" (GAS "Justice") is a geographically distributed automated information system designed to form a single information space of courts of general jurisdiction and the system of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court.

The key goal of creating the system is to carry out comprehensive automation of all funktsional­nykh and supporting tasks facing the su­dami of general jurisdiction, judicial so­obshchestva bodies, the apparatus of the Judicial Department and its departments (departments) in the constituent entities of Russia, and some of the routine functions are not only automated, but also performed av­tomaticheski.

The informatization of federal courts of general jurisdiction is carried out by means of the State Automated System of the Russian Federation "Justice."

Data at the end of 2017:

• the total number of AWS - about 120 thousand units (excluding arbitration and magistrates' courts);
• property complex - over 700 thousand units of equipment;
• almost 2900 automation/accommodation facilities;
• 26 information subsystems.

Key subsystems of the state automated system "Justice": "Judicial workflow and statistics," "Bank of court decisions," "Forensic examination," "Organizational support," "Departmental statistics," "Material and technical resources," "Internet portal state automated system" Justice, "" Law, "" Document management and circulation of citizens "and others.

The informatization of federal arbitration courts, as well as the Intellectual Property Court, is carried out through developed and licensed software and hardware complexes, built mainly on the basis of portal technologies.

• preferential placement of components in the data center;
• electronic legally significant document flow within individual solutions);
• More than 100 large automation facilities;
• 24 software and hardware components.

Key components and services: "File of arbitration cases," "Calendar of court decisions," "Breaks in court hearings," "Complaint systems," "My arbitrator" (submission of documents from the court in electronic form), the system of a single staffing table (SESHR).

Taking into account the significant specifics of arbitration proceedings (primarily openness), as well as a relatively small number of automation facilities located in large cities and having access to broadband communication channels, developments in the field of informatization of arbitration courts can be considered more advanced in terms of the introduction of modern information technologies, but at the same time less applicable within the framework of a single judicial system.

Import substitution

For the operation of the servers of the subsystems of the state automated system "Justice," the use of the following operating systems is considered:

• Microsoft Windows 2012 Server 64 bit (if Windows-only server software);
• Alt Linux SPT 6.0 (for use on security servers) or an analogue corresponding to GOST R 54593-2011, certified by FSTEC;
• ALT Linux 7.0 Centaur (for the rest of the server software running under Linux) or an analogue corresponding to GOST R 54593-2011.

For the operation of automated user workstations, the use of:

• Microsoft Windows 7/8 family operating systems (32 or 64-bit versions) and MS Office 2013 office suite;
• Alt Linux 7.0 Desktop (with LibreOffice office software package) or equivalent corresponding to GOST R 54593-2011.

Legal basis for informatization of the judicial system

• Constitution of the Russian Federation;
• Legislation of the Russian Federation on the judicial system;
• Federal Law of December 22, 2008 No. 262-FZ "On ensuring access to information on the activities of courts in the Russian Federation";
• Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2012 No. 601 "On the main directions for improving the system of public administration," order of the President of the Russian Federation of December 15, 2010 No. Pr-3645 to increase the openness and accessibility of justice;
• regulations of the Russian Federation in the field of informatization and ensuring the security of information of federal state bodies;
• Regulatory legal acts of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

In accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation on the amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 05.02.2014 No. 2-FKZ "On the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation," the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation was abolished, and the issues of justice assigned to it were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

Financing

In 2004-2006 about 1.5 billion rubles were spent on the creation of the state automated system "Justice." Within the framework of the target federal program "Development of the judicial system." Another 2 billion rubles. for its support and operation was provided for in a similar program for 2007-2011.

Key areas of development

The modernization and development of court information systems within the framework of the unified information space of the state automated system "Justice" is carried out in accordance with the Concept for the Development of Court Informatization until 2020 (approved by Resolution of the Presidium of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation of February 19, 2015 No. 439 ).

• development of information society building services, qualitative expansion of access of citizens and organizations to information on judicial activities;
• expanding the use of modern information technologies in the activities of courts, creating the conditions for the use of elements of electronic justice;
• full-scale introduction of legally significant electronic document management, electronic archives and services into the activities of ships;
• improving information protection tools;
• updating and upgrading software and hardware.

For 2016

• development of detailed design documentation;
• development of design solutions (first stage) at benches and test areas;
• implementation of some infrastructure solutions.

For 2017

• modernization of automation systems based on the results of trial operation of the first stage of subsystems, taking into account priorities and the amount of allocated funding;
• development of design solutions (second stage) at test benches and test areas.

For 2018-2020

• software and hardware equipment and personnel training;
• modernization of automation systems based on the results of trial operation (taking into account priorities and the amount of allocated funding).
• commissioning.

Information technology in the courts of Russia

Main article: Information technologies in the courts of Russia

History

2024

What information security suppliers and products protect state automated system "Justice" from cyber attacks

On October 23, the Justice state automated system Support Information and Analytical Center announced a tender^[1] for the supply of firewalls for automation facilities state automated system Justice. It is planned to purchase 130 firewalls with an initial price of 43.7 million rubles. Proposals are accepted until October 31.

The requirements for the procurement object indicate that "licenses for the use of Kolchuga-K ME IC software" must also be supplied with the devices themselves. It is clear that the supply of firewalls from other Russian manufacturers is not expected in this tender.

A fragment of the tender documentation, where the use of Kolchuga-K as a firewall is strictly recorded

A similar tender^[2] was played in 2023, when the IAC of support of the state automated system "Justice" purchased in November 100 firewalls from the company "Hub Service" for 69.9 million rubles. Then the requirements also had a strict binding to "licenses for the use of ME software IVC Kolchuga-K." And, judging by the tender documentation, this delivery was completed. Therefore, there is a possibility that it was these means of protection that worked at the time of the incident on October 6, when all the sites of the courts of the Russian Federation, except for the Moscow ones, were disabled.

In the company IVK, which is the manufacturer of firewalls "Kolchuga," TAdviser did not comment on the situation. Representatives of the company referred to the fact that the incident is now being investigated, and no comment will be published before its completion.

It should be noted that the purchase of firewalls is not the only tenders that the IAC supported the Justice state automated system to ensure the protection of its infrastructure. For example, in July 2024, the organization purchased^[3] to extend the right to use during the year Kaspersky Lab antivirus software Kaspersky Total Security for Business Russian Edition in the amount of 26,925 pieces. The tender was won by Aitonika LLC for 31.7 million rubles. Most likely, it was these means of protection that stood at the workplaces of ship employees during the incident on October 6, since the Aitonika company reported on the fulfillment of the tender conditions.

No less interesting is the tender^[4] for the provision of a comprehensive service for ensuring the functioning of the information and communication infrastructure of the GAS "Justice," which was held in June-July 2024 and was won by the company JSC "RTCOM." The winner was supposed to support the functioning of the state automated system "Justice" infrastructure for 1 billion rubles, which was determined in the accompanying documents.

It, among other things, contains information about the portal protection tool - the Positive Technologies Unified Chassis device, which is a comprehensive protection solution. In addition, in the same document there is confirmation of the use of the same firewalls of Kolchuga to protect the state automated system "Justice" portal.

The support requirements indicate the means of protection used in the state automated system "Justice"

It should be noted that from the same tender documentation it follows that the state automated system "Justice" uses a lot of foreign equipment, the manufacturers of which have left. In Russia particular, there is a mention Cisco of Catalyst 3850 switches, Cisco ISR 4451 routers, switches and storage systems, IBM HP DL360p servers, PAC firewalls, StoneGate as well as the and platform. virtualizations Microsoft Hyper-V VMware vSphere It is difficult to understand how protected all these products are now, although there is hope that RTCOM still protects all these outdated technologies as part of the State Automated System Justice.

TAdviser sent requests to Kaspersky Lab and Positive, but the companies were unable to provide comments at the time of publication of the material.

A piquant detail is that the IAC of support for the GAS "Justice" carried out, among other things, the tender^[5] for the performance of work on external security checks of the sites of the GAS "Justice," which was won by the company CJSC "Security Monitor" for only 920 thousand rubles. Apparently, this purchase was carried out, but it was almost ten years ago - in December 2015. Since then, it seems that the security of the state automated system "Justice" sites has not been checked.

To avoid such incidents in the future, it is worth using comprehensive layered protection

In an amicable way, in order to avoid such incidents, you need to organize layered protection, - commented on the situation for TAdviser Maxim Rogov, an independent security researcher. - Develop security policies, train employees in technical literacy (for example, so that they do not trust phishing emails), conduct security audits, look for vulnerabilities in their own systems themselves, and much, much more. I am sure that these actions were not taken. This often happens, especially in state-owned companies, when incompetent management considers it superfluous to spend money on such a thing. At the same time, everything is usually presented differently in the media: they say, your data is reliably protected. And then the hackers go "off their feet" and take out all the contents. This is not the first such incident. It is a shame that in such cases, every time the devil-may-care attitude towards the data of Russians is demonstrated, and every time no one is responsible.

For state automated system "Justice" purchase Chinese VKS solutions for ₽281 million

As part of the development of the state automated system "Justice," the purchase of Chinese-made video conferencing systems (VKS) is being carried out to equip 92 ships throughout Russia. The contract for the purchase of 1,089 devices, according to technical documentation, is estimated at ₽281 million and is likely to be executed using equipment from Yealink that meets all the requirements of the request published in October 2024.

According to CNews, the purchase involves equipping ships with monoblocks containing built-in codec, camera and microphones, which limits the participation of Russian manufacturers. The tender documents indicate the requirements that fully comply with the equipment of the Chinese brand Yealink M400-0012. The devices are designed to implement video conferencing tasks in judicial institutions - from Kaliningrad to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

For state automated system "Justice" acquire Chinese solutions VKS in the amount of 281 million rubles

The key requirement for purchased equipment is the presence of an all-in-one with an integrated ARES codec. This coding standard is applied exclusively by Yealink, since it is not supported by Russian manufacturers.

Yealink is a manufacturer of IP telephony and video conferencing equipment, whose products are supplied to more than 140 countries. In Russia, Yealink is represented by the distributor of iPiMatika, but the company does not have localized production in the country.

An additional requirement of the tender is the presence of four USB ports and eight microphones, as well as the ability to record video conferencing on USB media. According to open sources, such characteristics are absent in Russian analogues.

In the section "Audio Capture Tool for VKS," paragraph 3.2 indicates the presence of at least eight microphones in the microphone array. This requirement could limit potentially suitable audio capture devices with a 6-meter radius.^[6]

Two-week glitch

As of October 23, 2024, the state automated system (GAS) "Justice" has not been operating for two weeks. Large-scale failures, according to available information, are associated with a hacker attack.

User complaints about problems with access to the state automated system "Justice" began to arrive on the evening of October 6, 2024. Subsequently, it is known that the problem affected a wide list of resources, including websites of federal arbitration courts on the arbitr.ru domain, websites of courts of general jurisdiction, departments of the Judicial Department in Russian regions on the sudrf.ru domain, as well as websites of magistrates on the domain msudrf.ru.

State automated system "Justice" has not worked for two weeks

On October 22, 2024, the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation announced the restoration of the operability of Internet sites and the postal service of federal arbitration courts (arbitr.ru domain). It is also said about the completion of work on the launch of a software and technical complex of external information interaction, which is responsible for the interaction of courts with state bodies and organizations: this is the direction of requests, electronic executive documents, electronic registered letters.

However, the sites of courts of general jurisdiction on the sudrf.ru domain remain inaccessible. When trying to visit them on October 23, 2024, various errors are issued - "Unable to access the site. The response from the sudrf.ru site timed out.

In the near future, the websites of courts of general jurisdiction will be launched, including the display of information on cases, the Electronic Justice module, and the service for submitting documents in electronic form through the Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services (EPGU) has been restored, - said in the notification of the Judicial Department to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the page on the social network "VKontakte."[7]

The information security incident brought down the services of the state automated system "Justice." It will take more than a week to recover

The Judicial Department at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation sent out a warning on October 8 signed by Vladislav Ivanov, Director General of the Judicial Department at the Supreme Court, that a number of information systems had been disrupted since October 7 in connection with the cybersecurity incident. The text of the message was published in the Telegram channel "Judicial Practice of the SKGD of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"^[8] is^[9].

In particular, the work is disrupted:

• Websites of federal arbitration courts in the arbitr.ru domain;
• Telephony of federal arbitration courts built on Microsoft Lync;
• Internet portal state automated system "Justice" - portals of courts in the domains of sudrf.ru and msudrf.ru;
• Electronic Justice module (ej.sudrf.ru) and personal offices of court employees (ecs.sudrf.ru);
• CAS VIVOS providing interagency interaction through SMEV;
• Module "EPr-SMEV," which provides interaction with EPGU;
• VKS UI, which provides scheduling of video conferencing schedule;
• PI "Real Estate";
• Electronic signature services of the state automated system "Justice."

Ship site failures began on the evening of October 6

The Department of Informatization of the Judicial Department is working to restore these systems, but they will end no earlier than October 18. It is proposed to send urgent notifications and requests through existing communication channels through the personal account of Russian Post or post offices.

The website of the judicial department of the Supreme Court of Russia (cdep.ru), which is responsible for the Justice state automated system, also does not work.

Failures of the sites of arbitration courts began later - on the morning of October 7

At the same time, there was no failure on the websites of Moscow courts operating on another platform. According to data^[10] Telegram channel "Cyber ​ ​ War," responsibility for the attacks on the sites of the judicial system was claimed by the pro-Ukrainian hacker group BO Team, which defaced the site of the Zosda certification center (iecp.ru) a month ago, and in August the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced a joint hacking of the Snezhinsky Internet provider with BO Team.

Failure in the work of the sites of the state automated system "Justice"

For the second day in a row, there were interruptions in the work of the websites of the courts of the Russian Federation, which are part of the system of the State Automated System (GAS) "Justice." As of October 8, 2024, most of the official Internet resources of the country's judiciary remain inaccessible to users.

According to Kommersant, problems with access to the sites of ships with a sudrf.ru domain began on October 7, 2024. Today (October 8, 2024), not only the websites of courts of general jurisdiction, but also the resources of arbitration courts with a domain remain inaccessible arbitr.ru.

The sites of the state automated system "Justice" have not been working for the second day

According to the press service of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court, the timing of the troubleshooting is not yet known. Representatives of the judicial system urge citizens to contact the reception offices of the courts by phone to obtain the necessary information.

The head of the press service of the courts of St. Petersburg, Daria Lebedeva, said on the Telegram channel that specialists in technical support of the state automated system "Justice" are working to restore the functioning of the system. For more information, citizens are advised to contact the hotline at the free +7 (800) 200-21-41 number.

In addition, the failure affected not only the websites of the courts, but also other services of the state automated system "Justice." In particular, electronic mailboxes of ships and the Electronic Justice service are not available. This creates significant difficulties for citizens and lawyers who cannot access the necessary information about court cases and trials.

Despite the large-scale failure, some judicial resources continue to function normally. In particular, the official website of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is available, as well as certain sections of the system of arbitration courts, including the file cabinet of arbitration cases.^[11]

Purchase of PC for state automated system "Justice" for 977.5 million rubles stopped due to complaints

The purchase of software and hardware for the State Automated System "Justice" in the amount of ₽977,5 million was stopped due to complaints. This became known on August 9, 2024. The Federal State Budgetary Institution "Information and Analytical Center for Support of state automated system" Justice "(FSBI IAC of the Judicial Department) tried to acquire 11,500 automated jobs (AWS) to ensure the work of judicial institutions throughout Russia. However, the procurement process was suspended at the application stage, which caused significant difficulties in the implementation of this project.

According to CNews, the initial purchase was launched on April 24, 2024 and was supposed to be completed by May 13, 2024. However, on May 3, 2024, a notice appeared on the official public procurement page to cancel the determination of the supplier. The reason was the difficulties that arose and numerous complaints, which forced the organizers to suspend the further process. Subsequently, attempts were made to divide the purchase into separate lots by federal districts, however, they faced similar problems.

The purchase of software and hardware for state automated system "Justice" in the amount of ₽977,5 million was stopped due to complaints

The supply of automated workplaces was planned for more than 80 constituent entities of Russia. This was to ensure the creation of a single information space for courts of general jurisdiction and the judicial department under the Supreme Court of Russia. However, due to the stoppage of procurement, questions arose about the further provision of the judicial system with the necessary technical means.

Acting head of the Federal State Budgetary Institution IAC of the Judicial Department Vitaly Kolmakov confirmed that the cancellation of the purchase was carried out in accordance with part one of Article 36 of Federal Law No. 44-FZ "On the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs." He also noted that the norms of the law do not require mandatory indication of the reasons for canceling the purchase, which leaves the customer with the right to independently decide when and how to carry out the procedure, taking into account all legislative requirements.^[12]

The Supreme Court of Russia is introducing VPN and traffic encryption in data centers with court documents for 1 billion rubles

In early July 2024, it became known that the judicial department at the Supreme Court of Russia announced the allocation of 1 billion rubles for the introduction of VPN and cryptographic information protection in the State Automated System Justice system. The tender for the work is published on the public procurement website, and the choice of the contractor is scheduled for July 11, 2024.

According to CNews, the main goal of the project is to provide cryptographic information protection and place system components in the contractor's data center. This will make it possible to effectively use access for the operation of various applications of the Judicial Department, including video conferencing, internal telephony and access to the State Automated System Justice databases.

Within the framework of the project, it is planned to organize high-quality transmission of all types of traffic between automation facilities and the data center of the Judicial Department through the MPLS network. The Contractor shall ensure the connection of the facilities to the network, organize quality monitoring of the provided component and guarantee a high level of availability - at least 99.9% for the data center and 99.44% for other automation facilities.

Special attention is paid to information security. The Contractor shall ensure the protection of confidential information transmitted between automation facilities, including the customer's data center, as well as between arbitration courts and the data center. Encryption should be carried out using certified means that meet the requirements of the FSB of Russia.

The system provides three classes of service for various types of traffic: interactive voice and video exchange, corporate information systems and traditional Internet traffic. This will control the quality of service of the transmitted data.

An important aspect of the project is to ensure a long term validity of key information - at least three years. To improve security, storage media will be placed in sealed containers or inside device cases without the possibility of removal.^[13]

The Supreme Court of Russia buys 11.5 thousand Linux computers for state automated system "Justice"

On April 24, 2024, the Federal State Budgetary Institution Support Information and Analytical Centre state automated system Justice"" announced a tender for the purchase of 11.5 thousand computers under control. operating system Linux The initial contract price is 977.5 million. rubles

The equipment is purchased in the interests of the Supreme Court of Russia. The purpose of the purchase is to ensure the operation of the state automated system "Justice" in all regions of the country. As part of the tender, automated workplaces will be delivered as part of a PC and monitor. The cost of each set is estimated at 85 thousand rubles.

"Information and Analytical Center for Support of State Automated System Justice" announced a tender for the purchase of 11.5 thousand computers running the Linux operating system

Computers must be equipped with a processor with at least two computing cores clocked at 3.4 GHz or higher. You need at least 8 GB of RAM DDR4-3200 expandable up to 64 GB. The equipment should include a solid state drive (SSD) with a capacity of 240 GB or more. A power supply of at least 400 W is required. The list of supported interfaces includes HDMI, D-Sub and DisplayPort, USB Type-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2, RJ-45, etc.

The monitor as part of automated workplaces should be at least 23.8 inches diagonally and have a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels (Full HD format). Vertical and horizontal viewing angles are at least 160 and 170 degrees, respectively. Brightness - at least 250 nits.

The terms of reference state that the installed operating system should be included in the Unified Register of Russian Programs for Electronic Computers and Databases Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation. This platform should be designed to work on x86-64 computers. The Linux kernel version is at least 5.15. All software and hardware must be provided with a set of documentation in Russian, including warranty obligations and information about service centers, including addresses and methods of communication with them.^[14]

2023: Billionth project to develop ICT infrastructure of justices of the peace curtailed in Russia

On September 4, 2023, it became known that from the federal project "Information Infrastructure" of the national program "Digital Economy" financing of the initiative to ensure information and communication technological (ICT) infrastructure of sections of justices of the peace was excluded.

According to CNews, within the framework of the project, among other things, it was planned to organize secure interdepartmental electronic interaction, accept claims in electronic form and meetings of world courts in video conferencing mode. It was assumed that the relevant structures would be connected to the State Automated System "Justice." The formation and provision of the functioning of ICT infrastructure in the areas of justices of the peace was scheduled for 2022-2024.

In 2021, the Ministry of Digital Development approved the requirements for the protected connection of sections of justices of the peace. It was supposed to form a secure network between the objects of placement of judicial sites and the executive authority of the subject of the federation, which provides organizational support for the relevant instances. In addition, it was planned to create a secure network that provides communication with the data center of the Justice platform. At the same time, "equipment should have been used that provides cryptographic protection of information when it is transmitted over unprotected communication channels."

As part of the program, the federal budget was supposed to provide 7.71 billion rubles. In 2021, 1.39 billion rubles were allocated for these purposes, that is, approximately 18% of the total. However, further financial support for the initiative is not planned. At the same time, the development of the Justice system and the Justice Online superservice is included in another federal project of the Digital Economy national program - Digital Public Administration^[15]

2022

Websites of Russian ships do not open or work intermittently

By December 9, 2022, the sites of Russian courts have not been opening or working intermittently for some day due to problems in the state automated system "Justice."

On December 8, 2022, the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel announced that the State Automated System Justice system had not been operating for several days, and information from the servers of the courts of general jurisdiction was not available for viewing.

According to RIA Voronezh, as of 13:30 on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, the sites of Voronezh ships do not work - when trying to enter the resources, a notification appears that the connection cannot be established.

The federal portal sudrf.ru does not work, as well as the websites of judicial departments registered on this domain. According to users on the Web, the problem has been observed for some time - people cannot use file cabinets of instances and receive information on court cases. The problem is being seen across the country.

According to the Downradar.ru service, the first reports of failures when accessing the sites of ships began to arrive on December 5, 2022 at 20:00, and the peak the next day at 12:00.

As of 14:00 on December 9, 2022, the websites of courts in St. Petersburg, including the regional court, are not opening. After a long download, information appears on the website of the St. Petersburg City Court: "At present, periodic technical failures are possible in the work of the section" Judicial workflow, "the service" Submission of procedural documents in electronic form, "e-mail."

The unified data processing center "Justice" was created in 2016 by Rostelecom, with which the Information and Analytical Center of the Judicial Department (FSBI IAC of the Judicial Department) entered into an agreement. The company was supposed to create a cloud infrastructure for the data center that would allow the state automated system to operate continuously.^[16]

Purchase by the Perm court of a PC on Windows to work with the state automated system "Justice" due to incompatibility with Russian software

At the end of May 2022, the Perm Regional Court announced a tender for the purchase of 171 all-in-one computers with Microsoft Windows pre-installed on them. At the same time, in accordance with the law, government agencies must give priority to products from the register of domestic software and can purchase foreign ones only if there are no domestic analogues with the necessary technical characteristics.

Interruptions in the work of the websites of regional courts

On May 24, 2022, it became known that a massive failure occurred in Russia on the websites of regional courts. Resources are not loaded when you try to open them.

The problem affected the sites of regional courts operating on the state automated system (GAS) "Justice." Web resources of arbitration and metropolitan courts are available. This is because they run on a different system.

As the source in the judicial system explained, interruptions in the work of the state automated system "Justice," which hosts the sites of all regional courts of the Russian Federation, began on May 23, the system was promptly restored. However, the next interruptions in the system occurred on the morning of May 4.

Our IT departments do not talk about the reasons for the fall and do not give forecasts about when access will be restored. But so far it is known that only servers that work with the external part of the state automated system have collapsed. Internal bases and access to them were not affected, - explained the interlocutor of "Octagon."

On April 4, it was reported that the state automated system was also unavailable. When trying to enter the portal of the court of any subject of the Russian Federation, a 502 error notice appeared^[17]

2020

Russians will be able to participate in court hearings using a smartphone

As it became known in October 2020, Russians will be able to participate in court hearings with. smartphone This was announced by the director of the department of criminal, administrative and procedural legislation, Ministry of Justice Russia Vladimir Shvedov whose words are quoted by the department.

The action plan for the "Regulatory Regulation" of the "Digital Economy" program provides for the development of a draft federal law, in which it is necessary to unify the rules for filing claims, complaints, petitions, as well as other applications in electronic form for federal arbitration courts, federal courts of general jurisdiction, magistrates' judges. And also the possibility of providing evidence in electronic form, "he said during a round table in the Federation Council.

As explained in the Ministry of Justice, for remote participation in the court session, along with video conferencing, it is planned to use a web conference system that will allow the parties to use personal means of communication (computer, smartphone, tablet), without the need to appear in court.

It will be possible to certify the identity of a citizen using a passport or other documents. For additional warranty, the data of the Unified Identification and Authentication System will be used. Later, after its development, identity will be confirmed through the Unified Biometric System. If it was not possible to certify the identity, the court will have the right to postpone the online consideration of the case.

According to Vladimir Shvedov, the reason for refusing to satisfy the application for participation in the court session through a web conference may be the lack of technical opportunity or the consideration of the case behind closed doors. At the same time, the possibility of submitting documents on paper and personal participation in the court session are preserved.^[18]

The government allocates 450 million rubles for the service for online participation in court hearings

On September 7, 2020, it became known about the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation to allocate about 450 million rubles for the creation of the Justice Online super service, which will allow through the website of public services to remotely participate in court hearings. This is stated in the summary table of requests for changes in passports of federal projects prepared by the Cabinet of Ministers. Read more here.

Russian court first considered the case through WhatsApp

At the end of March 2020, a Russian court first considered the case using  WhatsApp. Read more here.

2019: Processing the millionth claim electronically

On January 17, 2019, the Federal State Budgetary Institution IAC of the Judicial Department reported that through the state automated system "Justice" the federal courts of general jurisdiction received a millionth claim in electronic form. The rise in the number of claims filed electronically has continued steadily since the opening of the opportunity to file them in January 2017. The number of electronically filed claims for 2018 is 695.5 thousand, which is almost two and a half times more than in 2017 (283 thousand claims).

As reported, the Electronic Justice software service as part of the GAS "Justice" Internet portal was put into permanent operation on January 1, 2017 in accordance with the Procedure for submitting documents to federal courts of general jurisdiction in electronic form, including in the form of an electronic document approved by order of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 27.12.2016 No. 251.

Documents in electronic form are submitted through the user's personal account, created in the section "Submission of procedural documents in electronic form" of the official website of the court. Also, through the personal account, the applicant or his legal representative, upon request, can familiarize themselves with the status of consideration of the submitted documents. In order to ensure the legal significance of decisions made by federal judges on claims in electronic form, all of them are provided with an enhanced qualified electronic signature issued by the Certification Center of the state automated system "Justice," and appropriate domestic cryptographic means for working with electronic signature are installed at the workplaces of judges and employees of the court apparatus.

Compared to 2017, when about 283 thousand applications from citizens were submitted electronically through the Internet portal state automated system "Justice," the popularity of the electronic service for filing claims electronically in federal courts of general jurisdiction amounted to 145% - that is, the number of applications in electronic form for the year increased almost two and a half times.

The FGBU IAC of the Judicial Department expects that the number of applications will grow as the sections of justices of the peace administered by the regional authorities are connected to the State Automated System Justice system. The first such experiment for January 2019 is carried out at 6 sections of justices of the peace in the city district Khimki in cooperation with. Administration of the Moscow Region

2017

Avaya and Polycom VKS Procurement

The judicial IT system of Russia state automated system "Justice" will be equipped with sets of video conferencing (VKS), including communication and telephony equipment, facsimile equipment, peripheral equipment, etc. This "hardware" The information and analytical center of support for state automated system "Justice" will purchase within the framework of the electronic auction announced on April 17, 2017 with an initial contract price of p578.1 million. Bidding is scheduled for May 15, 2017. The winner will need to deliver and configure the equipment until November 1. See more here.

2016

The possibility of legally significant filing claims in court via the Internet has appeared

At the end of the year, the Federal State Budgetary Institution IAC of the Judicial Department announced the launch of a service for filing claims and other procedural documents with federal courts of general jurisdiction and receiving legally significant decisions from courts via the Internet. This opportunity is implemented on the websites of all federal courts of general jurisdiction on the state automated system portal "Justice."

In the personal account of the Portal user, it is possible to send lawsuits, applications, petitions and other procedural documents to the court in electronic form and receive copies of judicial acts, notifications, subpoenas and other documents in the form of electronic documents signed by a judge with an enhanced qualified electronic signature.

To authorize and carry out legally significant interaction, it is enough for a citizen to have an enhanced qualified electronic signature issued by any accredited Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Russia certification center, or a confirmed account in the Unified Identification System and (authentications ^[19] which more than twenty million Russian citizens have already received on the website of public services.

Search engine state automated system "Justice" put into commercial operation

The system of storage of judicial acts that have passed the depersonification procedure in accordance with Article 15 of the Federal Law of 22.12.2008 No. 262-FZ "On Ensuring Access to Information on the Activities of Courts in the Russian Federation" was created in 2014.

The system allows Internet users to obtain information about cases and decisions made in an impersonal form using convenient search mechanisms. The search engine for court cases and court decisions is available on the official website of the state automated system Internet portal "Justice" (http://sudrf.ru).

Technically, the source of information for the search engine is the data stores of the courts of general jurisdiction and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Therefore, information about cases and decisions made (in an impersonal form) in the search engine of the state automated system "Justice" portal is identical to that contained on the websites of individual courts. The system of storage of judicial acts, along with the official websites of the courts, is the only reliable source of information about the activities of the courts.

The peculiarity of access to information about cases and court decisions by means on the state automated system "Justice" portal is the ability to analyze information across the entire Russia using flexible search tools, detailing by region, courts, proceedings, instances and other criteria.

The search condition can be not only the requisite composition of the judicial act (subject, category of the case, result of consideration, name of participants, etc.), but also words and phrases that appear in the texts of judicial acts. This allows the user to perform an end-to-end search on the contents of the texts of all legal acts available in the database - a full-text search.

The ability to combine attribute and full-text search significantly improves the effectiveness of search when selecting cases by topic.

Search tools also allow filtering in an array of data provided by the original query criteria.

The analytical tools of the judicial storage system allow the user to track events at all stages of the movement of the case, including changes in the status of the consideration of the court case, the fact of the start or termination of proceedings, the appointment of the date and time of the court hearing, and more.

The system of storage of judicial acts contains more than 33 million court decisions in civil and administrative cases, cases of administrative offenses, criminal cases of courts of general jurisdiction. Updating the information of the database of the court records storage system is provided continuously in the mode of 24 hours a day.

In addition to decisions of federal courts of general jurisdiction, the search engine contains judicial acts and information about cases pending before the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, including decisions of the judicial board on economic disputes. More than 450 thousand judicial acts of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation have been uploaded to the search engine.

Technical Design for System Modernization and Development

Rostelecom lost its own "daughter" mega-tender for moving ships to the cloud

On November 28, 2016, the Rostelecom Group of Companies announced the conclusion of a contract with the Information and Analytical Center for Support of State Automated System Justice (FSBI IAC Judicial Department) for the creation of a cloud computing infrastructure for the GAS Justice data center.

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Procurement of foreign VKS equipment

On June 27, 2016, IAC plans to support the Justice state automated system for the purchase of video conferencing equipment from the American companies Avaya and Polycom in 2016 became known. The planned action will cost Russian taxpayers ~ 635.4 million rubles^[20].

Information on the purchase is available in the format of an electronic auction with an initial maximum contract price of 635.4 million rubles, due to which the total amount of costs for these decisions over the past three years can reach 1.5 billion rubles. Bids were accepted until June 30, 2016. Bidding is scheduled for July 8, 2016. The delivery time for equipment with installation and configuration is until November 10, 2016.

The terms of reference indicate: purchased equipment (means of communication and telephony, faxes, peripheral equipment, etc.) is necessary for conducting trials and interaction of judges, prosecutors and lawyers with convicts or defendants, remote questioning of witnesses and interviewing victims under the witness protection program (with voice distortion and concealment of eyes), communication of lawyers and relatives with convicts, interactive distance training of employees of federal courts, as well as consultations, meetings, seminars of judges and staff of the court apparatus with colleagues.

In accordance with the tender documentation, the equipment must be "fully compatible with the software and hardware used in the state automated system" Justice ": the equipment of the company Avaya in terms of VoIP- telephony and the company Polycom in terms of equipment." AEROSPACE FORCES

According to Cnews, the state customer holds similar contests regularly, with a frequency of about once a year: in the summer of 2014, with an initial maximum contract price of 471 million rubles. the winner was LLC Iterion"" with a proposal of 468.6 million rubles. The company's rival, LLC Orbita-service"," offered exactly the same amount, but the application received the second number.

In the summer of 2015, a tender identical under the terms of the contract took place: at the starting price of the contract, 405.4 million rubles. the contract was concluded with the only applicant - Iterion, without reducing the specified amount.

Market opinions

The competition does not involve the use of anything other than a Polycom decision. This is a little strange, as the issue of security remains open, and the manufacturer can impose sanctions on the supply of equipment at any time. This is a classic example of "interference" in the hardware VKS. The customer is dependent on old technologies, and the further, the more expensive it will be for him. The terms of reference indicate the proprietary management server with which the terminals should be compatible. But it can be replaced in various ways (if, of course, its purpose is indicated, and not the name and manufacturer). Now there are domestic solutions of a new generation, tested in government agencies, which can provide the same level of service and quality. Plus, the manufacturer is always there. Dmitry Odintsov, Development Director of Trueconf

The company is convinced of the technical possibility to use other servers (not Polycom) on the basis of the current state automated system hardware. Although limiting the functionality. Alternative solutions will not differ in price. Since it is necessary to transcode video for hardware terminals. Polycom HDX/Group terminals do not understand protocols other than SIP/H.323. The transition to an alternative server will take a long time due to the long-term use of foreign hardware in the state automated system under consideration.

According to representatives of the Russian company Spirit, the trend of the global video conferencing market for 2016 is the transition from hardware systems to software systems. However, the state organizations of the Russian Federation are in no hurry to abandon the expensive foreign hardware VKS complexes purchased and installed earlier and, by inertia, continue to expand their systems by adding new "polycomes." This happens despite the presence of domestic full-featured world-class software VKS products.

Spirit is confident in a fivefold reduction in costs for the state customer when using their flagship solution, in comparison with the iron planned for purchase.

System status

As of June 2016, the system uses VKS terminals, monitors, video cameras (built-in and remote), external sound equipment, mixing and microphone complexes, software and hardware for voice and fax transmission.

The total number of operated complexes AEROSPACE FORCES is approximately 4.5 thousand units. Basically, the fleet consists of AEROSPACE FORCES the company's production systems (Polycom models VSX6000/VSX7000/QDX6000 HDX6000HDX7000HDX8000HDX9000RealPresence Group 300RealPresence Group 310///////).RealPresence Group 500RealPresence Group 700

In addition, in arbitration courts, the system of personal VKS judges is organized on the basis. Microsoft Lync The management and administration system of the VKS subsystem is also organized on the basis of the software and hardware of Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager the/DMA 5000/DMA 7000 models.

The software and hardware of the Cisco company of the ISR1 and ISR2 series: Cisco8xx, Cisco18xx, Cisco 28xx, Cisco 29xx, Cisco 39xx, with Cisco installed, are used as border routers at the automation facilities of the state automated system ON. IOS The total number of border routers is about 3 thousand units.

2015

Federal database of executive documents

Auditors' claims to create a support center for state automated system "Justice"

In January 2015 , the Accounts Chamber reported on the results of checking the effectiveness of measures to create an information and analytical center to support the state automated system "Justice" and the effectiveness of spending on the implementation of the state task. According to the auditors, the measures to create the center in full have not been completed, and the goals established by the order on its creation have not been fully achieved.

During the analysis, the auditors had a lot of comments on the process of creating a support center for the Justice state automated system. For example, the fact that the judicial department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation timely carried out the legal registration of the center, but did not issue orders within 3 months, allowing the center to fully begin implementing the established goals.

"The center, instead of performing the entire range of work on its own, attracts contractors, or its main functions fall on employees of vessels that are not focused on solving issues in the field of IT," the Accounts Chamber states.

During the year since its inception, the center has not had a single branch in the regions of Russia. As of July 1, 2014, 77 branches were created, of which 80% were staffed. The actual number of the center was 879 people or 49% of the established maximum staffing.

The comments were also caused by the fact that the state assignments formed by the center by the judicial department do not contain indicators characterizing the quality, volume or content of the work performed, and the procedure for determining the regulatory costs of state work and the maintenance of the center's property has not been agreed with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development.

In turn, an analysis of the structure of expenses for informatization of the activities of federal courts of general jurisdiction and magistrates' courts showed that allocated for this in 2013-2014. the budget resource was focused on financing the technical support of the Justice state automated system - 87%, while the remaining 4 works account for only 13%.

"That is, as a priority for informatization of the activities of federal courts of general jurisdiction and world courts, the purchase of goods and services for AWS judges and court employees was chosen, which clearly does not contribute to the formation of a single information space for the judicial community and does not increase the availability of information about the activities of the courts," the Accounts Chamber notes.

According to the auditors of the Accounts Chamber, the financing scheme of the center does not meet the requirements of the Budget Code in terms of including budget allocations for the purchase of goods, works and services for the informatization of ships: more than 50% of the budget allocations provided for procurement in the field of ICT were spent without being included in the informatization plan of the judicial department and did not pass approval in the Ministry of Communications.

In addition to comments on the scheme for financing the informatization of courts, the Accounts Chamber also had a number of questions regarding the accounting of the property complex of the state automated system "Justice." The auditors also revealed that the data on the implementation of the indicators of measures under the federal target program "Development of the judicial system of Russia for 2013-2020," which were provided to the Ministry of Economic Development and the Accounts Chamber, were unreliable. Moreover, these inaccurate data were also reflected in the report of the Government of the Russian Federation on the execution of the federal budget for 2013. The latter served as the basis for drawing up a protocol on an administrative offense, which was sent to Rosfinnadzor.

2013

The tender for the supply of PCs within the framework of the state automated system "Justice" was declared illegal

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) recognized the substantiated complaint of Depo Computers to the auction for the supply of 5.1 thousand computers, as well as a number of other equipment for retrofitting automation facilities state automated system Justice in the amount of about 265 million rubles.

The auction was played by the Information and Analytical Center for Support of state automated system "Justice" in July 2013. Two applications were submitted for participation in it, but only Kraftway was allowed to bid . Technical requirements for computers were spelled out in such a way that only Kraftway products could meet them, Depo Computers calculated and first turned to the customer for clarification, and then to the FAS.

Among such requirements, in particular, Depo Computers pointed out the need for antivirus protection built into the BIOS and scanning even before choosing a media to boot the OS.

"Currently, there are no antivirus tools operating at the BIOS level on the market, with the exception of the Kaspersky Anti-Virus for UEFI antivirus tool integrated into the motherboards of Kraftway computers, as evidenced by the information taken from the official website of Kaspersky Lab," Depo said in an appeal for clarification to the customer

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The FAS decision on the complaint notes that the fact that only Kraftway solutions comply with technical requirements is confirmed by letters from such computer manufacturers as HP, Aquarius, Svega-Computer and Ramek-VS, which declared it impossible to offer products that respond to them. In addition, Depo submitted to the FAS a corresponding opinion on the SOW from an expert.

Based on the results of the consideration of the case, antimonopolists came to the conclusion that the technical requirements for the auction were drawn up in violation of the law and limit the number of bidders. In this regard, the department ordered to cancel the protocol of the auction and bring the tender documentation in line with the law.

Kraftway chose not to comment on the situation with the auction until the final summing up of its results. It is worth noting that earlier the company had already supplied supplies for the state automated system "Justice": for example, in 2011 it supplied more than 6.7 thousand sets of equipment in the amount of about 308.3 million rubles. to complete the automation facilities of this system.

In August 2013, the Information and Analytical Center for Support of the GAS "Justice" announced two open auctions in electronic form for the supply of software and hardware for retrofitting automation facilities of the state automated system "Justice."

According to the results of the first tender, a supplier of personal electronic computers, uninterruptible power supplies and information kiosks for understaffing federal courts of general jurisdiction will be determined. In total, the customer intends to purchase 5.1 thousand PC sets, 5.1 thousand. UPS and 95 kiosks in the amount of not more than 265 million rubles. The source of funding is subsidies from the federal budget. For the supply of goods and commissioning at automation facilities, a period is set from the date of conclusion of the state contract until November 15, 2013.

According to the documentation, system units must have at least two DIMM slots for RAM, support at least 32 GB of RAM DDR3-1600/1333 MHz (with the ability to organize a dual-channel memory mode), at least one integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps network controller, an integrated SATA controller with more than five SATA ports with support for AHCI mode and the ability to group RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (of which there must be at least two SATA III ports with a 6 Gb/s interface speed, backward compatible with SATA II, and at least four SATA II ports with a 3 Gb/s interface speed).

System units should also be shipped Microsoft Windows XP with Professional x32 Rus, ON Microsoft Office Standard 2010 Rus pre-installed, monitoring and control software, and the right to use Microsoft Windows Server CAL 2012 Rus. In addition, workplaces should be provided with: anti-virus protection of the system unit, working before the start of the OS bootloader, and a means of protection against unauthorized access to computer resources before loading the OS (certified). FSTEC

All system units shall be equipped with LCD LED monitors with a screen diagonal of at least 19 inches and a resolution of at least 1600x900, as well as UPS with a rated power of at least 700 VA with a rated AC output voltage of 220V, 50 Hz.

In turn, information kiosks must have at least five PCI-Express architecture expansion slots, at least one 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet port, at least one audio adapter, at least six USB ports. The devices must also be equipped with anti-virus protection, which works before the OS bootloader starts, and built-in anti-unauthorized access protection, certified by FSTEC. Kiosk displays must be sensor anti-vandal, with surfactant technology, 17-inch diagonal size and a resolution of at least 1280x1024.

The second tender is related to the purchase of software and hardware for video conferencing. As stated in the documentation, the purchased TCP VKS are intended to organize real-time communication between the courtrooms of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, regional and equal courts, district courts, city courts, district military courts (OBS), garrison military courts (GVS), as well as with institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia.

The software and hardware of the communication and data transmission subsystem (PSPD) and VKS must be fully compatible with the software and hardware used in the state automated system "Justice," namely: with the company's products Avaya - in terms of VoIP telephony and with the products of Polycom - in terms of equipment. AEROSPACE FORCES All software and hardware systems must be guaranteed for at least 36 months from the date of signing the certificate of acceptance and transfer of goods under the contract.

The total cost of the VKS TCP is estimated by the customer at 395 million rubles. Financing of procurement is carried out through subsidies from the federal budget. For the supply of goods and its commissioning, the customer allotted a period from the moment of concluding a civil law contract until December 16, 2013.

Another 777 million rubles will be allocated for the retrofitting of automation facilities by the Justice state automated system.

In September 2013, the Information and Analytical Center for Support of the state automated system "Justice" announced an open auction in electronic form for the supply, installation and setup of software and hardware (audio-video recording kits) necessary for retrofitting the automation facilities of the state automated system "Justice."

In general, the customer plans to purchase: 550 stationary audio-video recording modules; 1575 stationary audio recording modules; 925 mobile audio latch modules; 387 storage modules; 187 modules to ensure that witnesses are called to the courtroom; 70 courtroom voiceover modules; 800 Courtroom components; 415 "Hidden Witness Room" components. It is also planned to install and configure the delivered goods in the following composition: 3.05 thousand software and technical kits for technical fixation and recording of the course of court hearings and 800 software and technical kits for ensuring the interrogation of a witness (victim) during the court session without the possibility of its identification by other participants in the process.

All work on the state contract is estimated by the customer at 777.98 million rubles. The work is financed by subsidies from the federal budget. To fulfill all obligations under the state contract (delivery, installation and setting of goods), the IAC of support of the state automated system "Justice" sets aside a period until December 30, 2013.

As stated in the auction documentation, the purchased audio-video recording kits should provide for the possibility of: creating and displaying text comments on fragments of audio (audio-video) recording results; automatic replication of audio (audio-video) fixation results (with their background copying) from a computer in the courtroom to data storage modules; saving and replicating copies of audio (audio-video) fixation results to removable media (CD/DVDs) with support for checking the integrity of recordings; listening to and viewing the results of audio (audio-video) recording and editing of the protocol text on any multimedia computer with the pre-installed client part of the software (for listening to and viewing the results on the computer without installing additional software, audio-video recording kits must have a web interface). Software and hardware should also provide the possibility of integration with the subsystem "Court workflow and statistics" of the state automated system "Justice."

2012: Change of Curator

Until 2012, the system was introduced and supervised by FSUE NII Voskhod, then, in accordance with a government order, these functions were transferred to the Information and Analytical Center for Support of State Automated System Justice (head of the Center and chief designer of the system - Leonid Aleksandrovich Yukhnevich), formed at the end of May 2011, the functions of the Founder are performed by the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

2004-2006

The creation of the system began in 2004 within the framework of the targeted federal program "Development of the judicial system," and the state automated system "Justice" was put into operation in 2006. More than 30 co-executors and suppliers of software and hardware took part in the development and implementation of the state automated system "Justice."

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