Current problems related to legal regulation of third-party litigation funding in Russia and its prospects of development

The authors consider the issues of legal regulation of external financing of litigation in Russia. They analyze the public bill on external financing of these processes, note the presence of significant gaps in this area. They review the relevant foreign experience and come to the conclusion that currently in Russia in this area there is a struggle to legalize this new legal mechanism, which is of high social importance for the implementation of the principle of access to justice.