The Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Bashkir: ) is a Regional court within the judiciary of Russia in the largest by population national region of Russia. The court of last resort in Russian administrative law, civil law and criminal law cases if case would not taken. If the Supreme Court of a subject of the Russian Federation refuses to submit a cassation complaint for consideration at a court of cassation instance, the Applicant cannot file a supervisory complaint - domestic remedies had exhausted. It also supervises the work of lower courts. Its predecessor is the Supreme Court of the Bashkir ASSR. Composition There are 147 members of the Supreme Court. Supreme Court judges are nominated by the President of Russia. In order to become a judge, a person must be a citizen of Russia, be at least 35 years old, have a legal education, and have at least 10 years of service. The Supreme Court consists of the Judicial Panel for Civil Affairs, the Judicial Panel for Criminal Affairs, and the Administrative Panel, which deal with respective cases. Those cases in which the Supreme Court is the original jurisdiction are heard by the panels. Appeals of the decisions of the panels are brought to the Cassation Panel. Whereas a panel reviews the decisions of lower courts, an appeal is brought to the Sixth Cassation Court in the city of Samara. Criticism The Supreme Court has been the object of criticisms on a range of issues. Among them Court are a poor check on executive power, the Court has been criticized for keeping its deliberations hidden from public view, failing to protect individual rights. Court decisions have been criticized for failing to protect individual rights: Court has "become increasingly hostile to voters, especially poor and national minority voters". The harassment of national minorities and political prisoners: In March 2017 Azamat Abutalipov, Aivar Khabibullin, Airat Ibragimov, Timur Munasypov and Shamil Khusnitdinov were sentenced at Ufa's October district court to suspended sentences under Article 282.2 of the Russian Federation (organisation of the activity of an extremist organisation). In June of that year the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan quashed the suspended sentences. In the judgment handed down in June 2017 in Ufa there is no evidence that those convicted were involved in acts of violence or in any other activity that would have violated human or civic rights. Memorial Human rights center