Legal Services@

» Andrei Medvedev - Legally Russia    A brief overview of Russian legal system and a forum (with almost no activity) on a personal webpage.    http://andmed.stormway.ru/legallyrussia/legallyrussia.html

» CESNUR, Center for Studies of New Religions: Russian Federation    Translation of the Federal Law On Freedom of Conscience and on Religious Associations by Kenston Institute.    http://www.cesnur.org/testi/Russia.htm

» Democracy.Ru: Russian Election Laws    English-language of the most important Russian laws on elections and political parties done by International Foundation for Election Systems.    http://democracy.ru/english/library/laws/

» Federal Institute of Industrial Property    Databases of patents, utility models and trade marks registered with the Russian Patent Agency. Abstracts of Russian Patented Inventions, 1994-2000 can be searched for free. Subscription is required for other databases. Languages: English, Russian.    http://www.fips.ru/ensite

» Garant: Legislation with Comments    Information on the company and its services, including the Garant database of Russian legislation translated into English. Free daily summaries of new legislation.    http://www.garant.ru/nav.php?pid=286&ssid=89

» Intelcom Internet Club    Focuses on legal protection and commercial use of intellectual property. Includes a database of relevant Russian legislation in English (free registration is required to access full texts), news, glossary of specialized terms and analytical reports.    http://www.ipr.inage.ru/map.en.html

» Legal Regulation of Business in Russia    A database of English translations of Russian legislation provided by Kodeks Legal Information Service. Access to texts is limited to subscribers.    http://www.kodeks.net/index/eng

» Legal System of Russia    Short summaries on judicial review, legal profession and powers of relevant government agencies.    http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jbonine/r-home.html

» Legislationline.org: Russian Federation    Overview of Russian political and legislative system. Access to full-text translations of legal acts on citizenship, elections and human rights from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of Organization for Security and Cooperation in E    http://www.legislationline.org/index.php?topic=0&subtopic=0&subsubtopic=0&intst=0&eu=0&country=34

» Material on Russian Federation Law in English    Citations and links compiled by Lucy Cox and published on llrx.com.    http://www.llrx.com/features/russian.htm

» On Further Development of Investment Fund Activity    Downloadable text of Presidential Decree of 23 February 1998 from the Corporate Governance in Russian website.    http://www.corp-gov.org/bd/db.php3?db_id=284&base_id=1

» Privatization Link Russia - Laws and Regulations    A collection of legal commentaries and full-text legislation. Includes both federal and regional documents that can be sorted by region or by subject.    http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.country?p_lang=en&p_country=RUS

» Russian Criminal Code    Full text English translation.    http://www.russian-criminal-code.com/

» Russian Customs Code    Full text English translation.    http://www.russian-customs-code.com

» Russian Law News    Analysis of major changes in Russian legislation affecting business and investment activities. Publications and Internet links. Maintained by the Moscow office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae, L.L.P.    http://www.russianlaws.com

» Russian Legal Server    A tutorial on Russian legal research; links to publications and legal commentaries; news and announcements related to Russian law.    http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/fplegal/main.html

» Russian Medial Law Sources    Translations of Russian laws on media, telecommunications and advertisement from the Moscow Media Law and Policy Institute.    http://www.medialaw.ru/e_pages/laws/russian/russian.htm

» Russian Tax and Legal Center    News and commentaries on various areas of Russian legislation related to business and finance. Access to certain materials requires a fee-based subscription. Maintained by CONSECO. Languages: English, Russian.    http://www.conseco.ru/eng/index.html

» St. Petersburg Civil Law Center    Commentaries on major developments in Russian civil law, book reviews authored by faculty members of the Civil Law Department of St. Peterburg University Law School. Forum discussions of hot legal topics.    http://www.balfort.com

» The Constitution of the Russian Federation    Full text English translation.    http://www.constitution.ru/en/10003000-01.htm

» The Russian Law on "Trophy Art"    The original text, a summary and English translation of the Russian Federal Law on Cultural Valuables Displaced to the U.S.S.R. as a Result of World War II and Located on the Territory of the Russian Federation.    http://docproj.loyola.edu/rlaw/

» World Legal Information Institute - Russian Federation    Catalog and search facilities for over 500 databases from 55 countries including case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials.    http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2159.html

» [Maritime Space: Maritime Zones and Maritime Delimitation -] Russian Federation    This database includes a list of Russian national legislation and Russia's international agreements on sea boundaries with access to full texts in most cases.    http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/STATEFILES/RUS.htm

» theRussiaSite.org: Russian Laws in Translation    Russian Constitution, laws on judiciary, selected rulings of the Russian Constitutional Court and other documents translated by John Fowler. Links to other translations on the web.    http://www.therussiasite.org/legal/laws.html