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The concept of the judicial reform in the Russian Federation provided the introduction of a jury trial in Russia. The Constitution of the Russian Federation and the new Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation fixed legal proceedings of the implementation with their participation in the cases provided by the Federal Law. Practices of of criminal trials with the participation of jurors showed its efficiency in the protection of the rights of the citizens involved in criminal legal proceedings. However, the laws reducing a field of activity of a jury that, according to the author, shouldn’t be introduced have been adopted in recent years. The article is devoted to current problems of consideration of cases with the participation of jurors.