26.06.2024
16:45–18:15
Back to the Future: Examining Soviet Law’s Influence on Current Legal Systems
Congress Centre, conference hall D2
As Russia restructures its foreign economic relations, Russian businesses have shown a growing interest in studying the features of the legal systems of key trading partners. The Soviet legal doctrine had a significant influence on the development of many of these countries, including China, Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia, Angola, and Cuba. The legal systems that have emerged as a result of this influence use entirely different legal institutions that differ conceptually from the legal institutions of continental law and common law with which Russian entrepreneurs are already familiar. The need to take swift and informed decisions in rapidly changing circumstances related to both trade as well as manufacturing and investment projects underscores the importance for Russian businesses of mastering the basic concepts of the legal thinking of their trading partners, as well as the importance of obtaining a thorough legal analysis of the legal systems that were influenced by Soviet law. What impact does the legacy of the Soviet legal system have on legal relations today? What legal developments could be effectively used in the current conditions?
Moderator
Alexander Molotnikov
Executive Director of the REC Law and Business of Moscow State University
Speakers
Andrey Gabov
Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Chief Researcher, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Dmitry Dedov
Professor of the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Andrey Zelenin
Managing Partner, Lidings
Young Woong Kim
Leading researcher at the Center for Korean Studies, Institute of China and Modern Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences
Pavel Troshchinsky
Leading Researcher, Institute of China and Modern Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences
Armstrong Chen
Senior Partner, Dentons International Law Firm
Front row participants
Valery Vinogradov
Head of the Secretariat of the Chief Financial Ombudsman and Financial Ombudsmen, ANO "Service for Supporting the Activities of the Financial Ombudsman"
Tkhu Cha Mi Vu
Head of the International Development Department, Association of Lawyers of Russia
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Alexander Molotnikov
Executive Director of the REC Law and Business of Moscow State University

Andrey Gabov
Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Chief Researcher, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Law, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation.
Born November 15, 1973 in Syktyvkar (Komi Republic).
Candidate of Law (1999), Doctor of Law (2010), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2016).
He has extensive experience of working in energy companies, as well as acting as an independent and professional director on boards of directors (supervisory boards) of joint-stock companies, including those with state participation. He is a recognized expert in corporate governance issues.
Alexander is the author of more than 200 scientific works, including 6 monographs.
His scientific activity includes researches of: civil-law relations complicated by conflict of interests, economic dependence, corporate relations, issues of reorganization and liquidation of legal entities, digital economy.
Knowledge and experience of Gabov A.V. are in demand in the system of certification of scientific personnel, he is the Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council on the law of VAK at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Currently he is a member of: the Presidential Council for Codification and Improvement of Civil Law; Scientific and Advisory Council under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation; Council for Improvement of Arbitration Procedure under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation; working group on the normative regulation of the Digital Economy; Scientific and Publishing Council of the RAS and Commission on the Charter of the RAS and several other advisory and expert bodies.
Member of editorial boards (collegiums) of leading national legal journals.
Born November 15, 1973 in Syktyvkar (Komi Republic).
Candidate of Law (1999), Doctor of Law (2010), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2016).
He has extensive experience of working in energy companies, as well as acting as an independent and professional director on boards of directors (supervisory boards) of joint-stock companies, including those with state participation. He is a recognized expert in corporate governance issues.
Alexander is the author of more than 200 scientific works, including 6 monographs.
His scientific activity includes researches of: civil-law relations complicated by conflict of interests, economic dependence, corporate relations, issues of reorganization and liquidation of legal entities, digital economy.
Knowledge and experience of Gabov A.V. are in demand in the system of certification of scientific personnel, he is the Deputy Chairman of the Expert Council on the law of VAK at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Currently he is a member of: the Presidential Council for Codification and Improvement of Civil Law; Scientific and Advisory Council under the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation; Council for Improvement of Arbitration Procedure under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation; working group on the normative regulation of the Digital Economy; Scientific and Publishing Council of the RAS and Commission on the Charter of the RAS and several other advisory and expert bodies.
Member of editorial boards (collegiums) of leading national legal journals.

Dmitry Dedov
Professor of the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Andrey Zelenin
Managing Partner, Lidings

Young Woong Kim
Leading researcher at the Center for Korean Studies, Institute of China and Modern Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences

Pavel Troshchinsky
Leading Researcher, Institute of China and Modern Asia, Russian Academy of Sciences

Armstrong Chen
Senior Partner, Dentons International Law Firm

Valery Vinogradov
Head of the Secretariat of the Chief Financial Ombudsman and Financial Ombudsmen, ANO "Service for Supporting the Activities of the Financial Ombudsman"

Tkhu Cha Mi Vu
Head of the International Development Department, Association of Lawyers of Russia