Russia Arbitration

Russia is not a Contracting State to the ICSID Convention:

• Signature: 16 June 1992
• Deposit of Ratification: N/A
• Entry into Force of ICSID Convention: N/A

Russia is a Contracting State to the New York Convention:

• Signature: 29 December 1958
• Deposit of Ratification: 24 August 1960 
• Entry into Force: 22 November 1960
• With regards, to awards made in the territory of non-contracting States, Russia will apply the Convention only to the extent to which those States grant reciprocal treatment.

In 1993, Russia enacted legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration as adopted in 1985 and is therefore now popularly considered to be an UNCITRAL Model Law State

Russia is a Contracting State to both the 1899 & 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

• 1899 Entry into Force: 7 March 1955
• 1907 Entry into Force: 7 March 1955

Russia is a United Nations Member State:

• Date of Admission: 24 October 1945
• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945. In a letter dated 24 December 1991, Boris Yeltsin, the President of the Russian Federation, informed the Secretary-General that the membership of the Soviet Union in the Security Council and all other United Nations organs was being continued by the Russian Federation with the support of the 11 member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Official State Name: Russian Federation - � оссийская Федерация - Rossiyskaya Federatsiya

Official Language: Russian

Recognised Regional Languages: Abaza, Adyghe, Altay, Avar, Bashkir, Buryat, Chechen, Chuvash, Erzya, Ingush, Kabardian, Kalmyk, Karachay-Balkar, Khakas, Komi-Zyrian, Mansi, Mari, Moksha, Nogai, Ossetic, Tatar, Tuvan, Udmurt, Yakut

Capital: Moscow

Currency: Ruble (RUB)

Time Zone: (UTC+2 to +11 (exc. +4))

International Calling Code: +7

Internet TLD: .ru, .su, .рф

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