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On April 5, 2024, the O.E. Kutafin University (MSAL) hosted the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Legal regime of foreign investments in strategic sectors of the economy in a multipolar world: trends and prospects” within the XI Moscow Legal Forum.
The organizers of the dialogue platform were: O.E. Kutafin (MSAL) University, International Scientific and Educational Center for Comparative Law of the Moscow Regional Branch of the Russian Bar Association. The International Union of Non-Governmental Organizations "Eurasian Peoples' Assembly" became a partner of the event. The conference was also supported by: the Lawyer Publishing Group, the Association of Russian Diplomats, the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In the context of rapidly changing international relations, the world economic and legal systems are undergoing transformation: fundamentally new legal instruments of confrontation, such as sanctions, are being introduced, while at the same time traditional and even basic principles of a market economy are being destroyed, primarily the right of property and the instruments of its legal protection. More acute questions arise about the need to preserve state sovereignty and control over national and foreign investments in industries that are strategically important for the development of the national economy and security.
At the same time, economic development is impossible without attracting investments, and therefore Russia faces the task of developing the stock market and mechanisms for non-bank financing of investment projects, especially in areas of strategic importance for the economy. This raises questions about finding new legal mechanisms for attracting foreign investment from friendly countries and protecting them. The Russian and foreign scientific community faces the task of developing conceptual approaches to the formation of a legal framework for encouraging and protecting foreign investment, especially within the framework of interstate associations.
The conference is a form for finding a solution to the specified problem. The discussion was attended by practicing lawyers from Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Novgorod) and foreign countries (Brazil, Italy, China, India and the Republic of Belarus).
The conference moderators are:
Maria Egorova, Member of the General Council of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honorary Lawyer of the City of Moscow, Professor of the Department of Competition Law at the O.E. Kutafin University (MSAL), Director of the International Scientific and Educational Center for Comparative Law, Chairman of the Commission on International Affairs and Scientific Cooperation of the Moscow Branch of the Russian Lawyers Association, member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN);
Imeda Tsindeliani, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Financial Law of the Russian State University of Justice, Professor of the Department.
Conference co-moderators:
Svetlana Kodaneva, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Professor, Leading Researcher of the Department of Legal Studies of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Natalia Chelysheva, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department for Civil Law and Process of the Ural Institute of Management (branch) RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation
Khatia Pirtskhalava, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of International Private Law at the O.E. Kutafin University (MSAL)
During the conference, speakers discussed topical issues of the legal regime of investments:
• A comparative study of the investment legislation of Russia and its friendly countries.
• Exchange of best practices in legal regulation of attracting and protecting foreign investments.
• Possibilities for creating new tools for attracting investments within the interstate associations BRICS, EAEU, etc.
• Problems of protecting Russian investments in other countries.
• Digital currencies as a tool for circumventing sanctions when implementing joint investment projects.
• Balance between protection and development of strategic sectors of the economy through foreign investment.
• Problems of protecting investments in public sectors of the economy: concluding investment agreements with the state on the purchase of assets or their joint development.
