Editing Magistrate (section)

===Russia===
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In Russia, magistrates (justices of the peace) handle minor criminal cases where imprisonment is for less than three years such as slander, petty hooliganism, public drunkenness, and serious traffic violations of a non-criminal nature, minor civil cases such as simple divorces, some property cases, disputes over land, and some labor cases, as well as some federal administrative law cases.

The magistrates are the only judges of the [[Federal subjects of Russia|regional]] level within the [[judiciary of Russia]]. All other courts, including the [[District courts of Russia|district courts]], are federal, as they are financed from the federal budget and their judges are appointed by the [[president of Russia]], while the magistrates are financed from the regional budgets and are usually appointed by regional legislatures or elected  by the population of a judicial district .{{cn|date=April 2024}}