MEDIATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF SETTLEMENT OF CIVIL DISPUTES

In 2011, at the federal level, the normative state bodies of Russia adopted an Act on Mediation. Af- terwards, in addition to the judicial method of dispute resolution, non-judicial means to resolve the conflict ap- peared in Russia. It's interesting, that principles of mediation and Russian civil legislation contain a number of similar provisions: equality of the parties, voluntary nature, impartiality and independence of both, the mediator and the judge. If mediation is compared with other methods of dispute settlement, that are identified in civil leg- islation, such as claim procedure and arbitration, than the main advantages of the alternative method of dispute resolution can be seen as privacy and the parties' focus on mutually beneficial solution