Conditions for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments on Disputes Involving «Sanctioned» Persons in the Russian Jurisdiction

The paper aims at studying the legal nature and procedure for applying the rules of arbitration procedural legislation, which determine the conditions for the recognition and enforcement in Russia of foreign decisions on disputes involving «sanctioned» persons. These conditions are both an additional guarantee and a means of protecting the rights of these persons. The author argues that the legislator’s admission of the issuance of an exequatur to a foreign decision taken at the suit of a «sanctioned» person is justified, since the said person himself initiated a lawsuit in a foreign jurisdiction. The objections of the «sanctioned» person against the consideration of the case by a foreign court with his participation are characterized as one of the procedural and legal means of protecting the rights of the defendant, aimed at completing the consideration of the case without making a decision on the merits. The paper concludes that the fact of filing these objections in a foreign court is assessed taking into account the procedural norms of the place where the case is heard, the obstacles in their statement due to the effect of sanctions and the applicant’s good faith.

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