About the Russian class action model

The article analyzes two arguments of supporters of the presence of an opt-out class action model in Russia, according to which 1) a group of persons exists regardless of the volitional accession of its members to the class action, 2) the effect of a court decision extends to all members of the group. The author defends the application of the approach according to which the opt-in model is used in procedural law, considers the procedure for challenging by a non-joined group member the circumstances established in the decision in a class action, and substantiates the possibility of a simple objection by the plaintiff to such circumstances in the case of his personal claim against the defendant.