Anastasia Cheredova for CEE Legal Matters magazine: Pleading and Proof of Foreign Law in Commercial State Courts
Generally, the responsibility for interpreting foreign laws lies with the state commercial court. Parties have a right, but are not obliged to, render assistance and provide the court with information concerning statutory provisions of foreign laws. However, if the content of the foreign law is not ascertained with reasonable expediency, Russian law applies. Anastasia Cheredova, Head of the Special Projects Group, clarified the European
magazine 'CEE Legal Matters' on the Russian approach to the nature of foreign
law, methods of proof, as well as pitfalls that parties may face.
