Russian (Soviet) Lawyers contributed significantly to the formation and development of corpus juris spatialis. In particular, according to former Chairman of the UN Committee on the peaceful uses of outer space Ambassador Dr. Peter Jankowitsch, an eminent and active member of the Soviet (then Russian) delegation, a fine legal mind Dr. Yuri M. Kolosov offered many useful and constructive contributions, specifically to the drafting of corresponding legal instruments. These contributions were founded on his firm commitment to the preservation of space as an era of peaceful cooperation between states Based on the historical overview of specific contributions and analysis of actual legal status of space-related organizations and projects with participation of Russia, such as INMARSAT, INTERSPUTNIK, COSPAS-SARSAT, International Space Station, GLONASS and Sea Launch, general recommendations and conclusions are made on the possible ways of overcoming the main actual legal challenges caused by space activities.

The article shows that the state immunity from the authority of another state, including the judicial, with various theoretical estimates, should be considered under the designated regulatory format as a principle of international law reflected in its main sources, primarily in the international custom. In an ambiguous understanding of this principle’s content in national law and state practice the results of the work of the International Law Commission (draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, 1991) and, especially, the elaboration of the United Nations Convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, 2004, have been undoubtedly positive. They have already been estimated as the initial regulatory balance between the guarantees of state immunity and the reasonability of protecting the economic actors’ competitiveness as a fundamental value for the world economic development Taking this into consideration the interpretation of state immunity rules by the International Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations has been investigated.

The article refers to international legal problems connected with the institution of diplomatic protection of States. It deals with the concept of diplomatic protection, conditions of its provision, and offers an analysis of the UN International Law Commission activities on the study of the topic, of the state practice, jurisprudence and international legal literature devoted to the subject. Special attention is paid to the problem of providing of diplomatic protection to a person who has the citizenship of more than one State.

The article analyzes the issue focusing on two subjects: the legal status of persons with the nationality of two or more States (dual nationals) and the institution of diplomatic protection under existing customary and conventional international law and applicable national law. Particular attention is paid to the issue of diplomatic protection for dual nationals at the level of bilateral agreements. In the analysis of the institution of diplomatic protection for dual nationals considered the practice of litigation, which has a huge importance, as, tools for the determination of the applicable rules of international customary law.

This article is dedicated to the amendments in the Federal law «Concerning the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation» (2002). The author analyzes statutory instruments that introduced changes to this fundamental act in 2014 and affected the employment of the foreign nationals in Russia. The author evaluates the effectiveness of the measures taken by the legislator in order to improve the procedure of recruitment of a foreign worker as well as to create more favorable conditions of utilization of foreign workforce in the context of the present economic, social and political situation.

The multifaceted economic cooperation of States among themselves is not possible without the establishment of international rules of such cooperation in various areas. In order to promote the development of foreign trade, the States elaborate national legislation in such a manner that all procedures to be simple, easy for understanding, predictable and corresponding to generally accepted international standards. The article reviews international legal rules of movement of goods from one state to another on a transitory basis with the provision of exemption.

The role of an arbitral institution in the arbitration process in Italy has been analyzed at the present study. Statutory regulation of creation and legal status of the institutions and contractual nature of their powers and obligations have been examined. Statutory regulation of functioning of the institutions and the legal status of their founding subjects has been briefly outlined. The main types of arbitral institutions have been exposed.

The article presents a comparative analysis of the reorganization of joint stock companies in the Russian Federation and business corporations in the USA (state of Delaware) through consolidation and merger: it describes legal regime of the reorganization and outlines stages related to the reorganizational procedures under the Russian and USA law.

This article examines the legal regulation of the Institute of divorce in Russia and France, and carries out a comparative legal analysis of the grounds for divorce.

The article analyzes the current state of relations between the European Union and Russia, with a focus on the study of the causes, nature and consequences of the “freezing” bilateral co-operation, accompanied by the introduction of the European Union in respect of the Russian Federation set of restrictive measures and the application of the latest responses to protect their interests.

On April 23 in Athens (Greece) Embassy of the Russian Federation in Greece under the auspices of Foundation for the protection of rights of expatriates and publishing house «Contact Ltd.» (Greece) held the International scholarly conference «70 years of The Great Victory: imperishable actuality of triumph of 1945». The conference featured Russian and Greek historians, international law scholars, political analysts, journalists and public persons. Experts of two scientific communities highly appraised results of the Second World War and offered their opinions on some modern tendencies of revision of consequences of The Great Victory.