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A special source of law in Russia is customs. The custom "is a rule of conduct which has taken shape and is widely applied in a certain sphere of business and other activities, and which has not been stipulated by legislation, regardless of whether it has or has not been fixed in any one document," (Clause 1 of Article 5 of the Civil Code of the RF). The customs cannot contradict the norms of legislation or provisions of contracts (Clause 2 of Article 5 of the Civil Code of the RF). In Russia, customs are sources of civil law only.