The current state of appeal production in criminal trial of Russia

The article examines the concept and importance of the institution of appeal. The basic features of the appeal in modern Russian criminal process. In 2010 there was a restoration of the Institute of appeal. The changes concerned only the procedural right of review of sentence in the court of appeal. However, these changes of the criminal procedure law has left many uncertainties, from determining the essence and the appeal of the production to private matters arising from the application of the relevant rules. The issues of the appeal has caused a lot of debate in the legal literature and debated at the present time.