Freedom of the agreement and issues of interpretation: topical problems

The article discusses the problems of the practice of applying by courts the norms of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation No. 16 "On Freedom of Contract and Its Limits". The author comes to the conclusion that after more than three years from the moment the document was adopted by the courts, its provisions have not yet been accepted by the courts, which is characterized by the lack of uniformity in judicial practice, the adoption of highly controversial and unambiguous decisions on the interpretation of civil law contracts.