CIS Arbitration Forum is pleased to support the fourth annual IAC Eurasia Arbitration Week 2026 (EAW26), the leading international arbitration event in Eurasia, taking place during 30 June – 3 July 2026 in Astana, Kazakhstan. IAC EAW26 will bring together leading policymakers, academics, in-house counsel, private practice lawyers, and arbitrators from around the world. The […]

Стартует V Международный конкурс научных работ для студентов и магистрантов по тематике разрешения экономических споров в номинациях «Арбитраж» и «Медиация». Организаторами Конкурса выступают Международный арбитражный (третейский) суд «Палата арбитров при Союзе юристов», общественное объединение «Белорусский республиканский союз юристов», Белорусская республиканская коллегия адвокатов, Минская областная коллегия адвокатов. Информационными партнерами Конкурса выступают – Тюркская Арбитражная Ассоциация, Казахстанский Международный […]

  Arbitration Lab invites submissions for the 2026 edition of the conference on CIS-related disputes, bringing together leading practitioners, arbitrators, in-house counsel, experts, and policymakers to discuss recent developments affecting dispute resolution across the region. The conference will take place on 5-6 October 2026 in the online format. CIS Arbitration Forum is the event’s information partner. Following […]

The February Dutch court decision in the dispute between a Ukrainian investor (DTEK Krymenergo) and Gazprom International provides an instructive example of how national courts can approach questions of corporate separateness, state involvement, and foreign law in the context of interim relief. I prepared several opinions on Russian law in this case and summarise in this post […]

Court proceedings resulted from an attempted enforcement of an arbitral award against the Russian Federation in the Netherlands.  The Hague Court of Appeal on 24 February 2026 upheld the refusal to lift the investor’s (DTEK) attachment over shares held by Gazprom International in a Dutch company, rejecting arguments that the attachment was procedurally defective or […]

Applications are now open for the Global South and ISDS Certificate Course, taking place 24–25 April 2026 in an online format and organised by Arbitration Lab. The programme is an intensive two-day training designed to explore the theory and practice of investor–State dispute settlement (ISDS) from Global South perspectives. Bringing together leading academics and practitioners […]

The enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and court judgments in Russia has undergone significant transformation since 2022. While the formal legislative framework remains largely unchanged, judicial practice has evolved in response to geopolitical developments, sanctions regimes, and the designation of certain states as “unfriendly.” These developments have affected the interpretation of public policy, reciprocity, and […]

CIS parties remain among the active users of LCIA arbitration. The LCIA Annual Casework Report for 2024 confirms that parties from the CIS, including Russia and Belarus, continue to appear regularly in LCIA proceedings with 5% of LCIA arbitrations involving parties from CIS in 2023 and 3% in 2024. As noted in the LCIA Annual […]

The Russian International Arbitration Congress (RIAC) 2026 is to take place in September.  The inaugural RIAC, held in 2025, featured more than 40 events over six days, welcomed over 1,500 participants, and created numerous opportunities for informal networking. This year event brings together leading law firms, business representatives, arbitral institutions, arbitrators, and all those interested […]

A new Code of Civil Procedure (Кодекс гражданского судопроизводства) of the Republic of Belarus entered into force on 1 January 2026. It has modernized and unified the rules and replaced Civil Procedure Code and Commercial Procedure Code. Previously cases involving individuals acting in non-business capacity and economic cases were governed by separate codes. The new […]

See English text below Презентация на тему “Мировое урегулирование публично-правовых споров – примеры из практики” Давыденко Дмитрия Леонидовича с Белорусского юридического форума «Право в современном мире», секция “ЕАЭС. Защита субъектов хозяйствования” 4 декабря 2025 года. Рассмотрены некоторые успешные примеры мирового урегулирования споров и требований публично-правового характера между государством / (меж)государственными органами и коммерческими организациями или […]

Организаторами конкурса выступают: ОО «Белорусский республиканский союз юристов»; Белорусский государственный экономический университет; Минская областная коллегия адвокатов; Совет молодых адвокатов Минской областной коллегии адвокатов; Минская областная специализированная юридическая консультация по правовому сопровождению бизнеса Международный арбитражный (третейский) суд «Палата арбитров при Союзе юристов». Конкурс проводится с целью популяризации международного коммерческого арбитража как альтернативного способа разрешения коммерческих споров, […]