A range and freedom of appeal as a common term for appeal proceedings in criminal process of Russia

The article states and considers such common term of appeal proceedings in correspondence with the Federal Law No. 433-Ф3 of December 29, 2010 as a range and freedom of appeal from judgments which have not yet become effective in law. In the content of the common term there is not only free format appeal but 1) a range of participants of criminal proceedings and other concerned parties having the right to appeal from judgments; 2) freedom of expression of will by the parties at appeal from judgments in an appellate procedure including the right to stop proceedings by means of recall of appeal and adduction; 3) a wide range of grounds for appeal from judgments which have not yet become effective in law; 4) a wide range of final and interim judgments which are under appeal. The authors define each constituent part of this common term and the content of the term.