History of creation and current challenges Colonel-General of Justice Anatoly MURANOV, Deputy Minister-Head of the Military Courts Department of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences In December 1918, the Revolutionary Military Tribunal of the Republic began its work, managing all military tribunals. The date of one of its first administrative sessions, which took place on December 8, 1918, went down in history as the day of formation of the military courts of the Russian Federation. 80 years is a date that allows you to take stock and evaluate the role and significance of modern military-judicial bodies in the life of the reformed Armed Forces of Russia. The formation of military courts and their approval as an integral part of the unified judicial system went through a number of stages. The tasks of military courts, the jurisdiction and procedural forms of their activities were radically changed. There have been attempts in history to eliminate the military-judicial bodies altogether, but life has rejected them, because they were necessary to carry out an effective fight against crime in specific army conditions. It is all the more surprising that in recent years the same question has repeatedly arisen: do we need military courts? Along the way, such options for "reforming" the military-judicial system were proposed, which would actually lead to its destruction. What are the reasons for this? Without touching on the opportunistic or pseudo-democratic considerations that guide those who make such proposals, I am sure that the old ideas about military courts as repressive bodies are largely affected here. Many people know the history of military courts only in general terms, more about the "dark sides" that really took place, and to a much lesser extent about other colors of the historical palette. I don't think it should be sugarcoated or denigrated. It ... Читать далее