Аннотация:The article presents the results of a sociological survey of judges of the North-West region of the Russian Federation, mainly of the Arbitration Courts. It conducted by the Laboratory of Political and Legal Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, in the framework of a scientific study of the independence of the institutions of Justice. The aim of the study is to describe the information obtained during the questionnaire about the respondents’ perception of the problem of independence of the key actors of the domestic justice system - investigators, prosecutors, judges. A sociological survey in the form of a personal survey of judges was used as a method. Analyzed 133 questionnaires filled out by judges of the Arbitration Courts of the North- West Region and the St. Petersburg City Court. When compiling the questionnaire, the emphasis was placed on threats to independence from the leaders, these officials, respectively, many questions were formulated in such a way as to assess the impact of management on objectivity, completeness and comprehensiveness in the consideration and investigation of case materials that fall into the orbit of the justice system. The results showed that the majority of the judges interviewed do not believe that the problem of independence and autonomy is acute on the agenda. The majority pointed to its locality and insignificance, since judges, prosecutors and investigators mostly resist external influence. Thus, the problem of independence is not recognized by the sharply questioned Russian judges. In their opinion, non-systemic factors do not impact on them.