Arbitration as a procedural form of protection of public interests

The article deals with the problem of protecting public interests in an arbitration court (arbitration). Arbitration is an independent element of the Russian system of protection of civil rights, freedoms and legitimate interests; acts as an alternative to state justice. At the same time, according to the established tradition, arbitration is considered as a non-state procedural form of protection of private rights. It is shown that when considering cases with the participation of the state by arbitration courts, not only private, but also public (state) interest is subject to protection. This circumstance should have a strong influence on the arbitration procedural form, but up to the present time, the procedural features of cases involving the state in arbitration proceedings are not regulated either by law or at the level of the positions of the highest judicial instances. The criterion for determining the arbitrability of civil law cases is proposed, the proposal to fix the participation of the prosecutor in the arbitration proceedings is argued.