Does the landlord need to be the proprietor of the lease assets?

The article discusses the need for the lessor to have ownership of the subject of the lease. The authors analyze both theoretical approaches to this problem and the positions of Russian courts on this issue. Indicates the legal remedies available to the parties to the lease and third parties in the event that the lease is entered into by a non-owner lessor. The authors come to the conclusion that the lack of a unified judicial practice on the need for ownership at the time of concluding a lease agreement entails negative consequences for the civil circulation of leased items.