Updated International Private Law of Russia

The article presents the Russian international private law subjected to changes in 2013. It examines the general provisions and special rules concerning personal status, form of transaction, representation statute, property statute, and statute of limitations, as well as the obligation statute rules applicable to contracts. Due to the effectiveness of these new developments, where judicial practice and international standards have been successfully integrated into the renewed legal rules, the consistency and coherence of the part of the Civil Code containing international private law rules have been secured.