The amendments to the legislation on the legal profession are aimed at suppressing the independence of advocates and the legal profession in Russia!

The article examines the draft Federal Law «On Advocacy and the Bar in the Russian Federation», prepared in 2023. The conclusion is made, that theis draft can not be adopted in its present form, as it is not able to achieve the declared goals and objectives, contains proposals for the introduction of regulations that can significantly hinder both the legal profession itself, and its organization and have a negative impact on the independence of lawyers and lawyer organizations.