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RIAC at the MCCI webinar dedicated to Islamic banking

On June 26, 2023, the webinar “Elements of Islamic Law and Islamic banking in the countries of the East: what should Russian companies take into account?” was held On June 26, 2023, the webinar “Elements of Islamic Law and Islamic banking in the countries of the East: what should Russian companies ...

27.06.2023

International Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies

... subsequently make it more difficult to get medical assistance and compensation in cases of injury or death. Third, both companies and their personnel are frequently prone to abusing their positions, which entails various breaches of national and international law. These circumstances make it necessary to introduce international legal regulation in this sphere to prevent transgressions by both companies and their personnel and ensure access to justice and legal remedies. Andrey Kortunov: The end of diplomacy?...

26.05.2022

Deripaska v. Mnuchin and Gacki: Political Implications

The problem of sanctions cannot be eliminated without fundamental changes to the global financial system A lawsuit is being heard by a district court in the United States, with Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska suing the US Treasury Department to lift the sanctions imposed on him. His legal complaint, filed in March 2019, named Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin ...

08.07.2020

RIAC Hosts Discussion of Model Convention on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

The document was presented to the expert community by the authors: Andrey Neznamov, Director of "Robopravo" Research Center, and Victor Naumov, Partner at Dentons multinational law firm. On May 20, 2019, RIAC held a discussion of the draft Model Convention on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. The document was presented to the expert community by the authors: Andrey Neznamov, Director of "Robopravo" Research ...

24.05.2019

Game of Drones: Rules Unclear

... limitations of targeted killings Vadim Kozyulin: Three Groups of Threats from Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems The essential claim of the originally US argumentation developed by Obama’s administration is that targeted killing does not constitute the unlawful practice of assassination as the former only takes place during an armed conflict. In the US case, that armed conflict is supposedly the declared ‘War on Terror’. Legally, the act of ‘ Authorization for use of military force ’ legitimized ...

29.04.2019

The Arctic: So Close and Yet Still Unknown

RIAC, MGIMO University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (the United States) have prepared the English edition of the third volume of RIAC’s Arctic anthology On April 9, 2019, the ‘Arctic: Territory of Dialogue’ international forum opened in St. Petersburg. In terms ...

16.04.2019

Baseline of Russian Arctic Laws

This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative translation into English of national and international laws of Russia that relate to the Arctic from the early 19th century to the present, revealing the historical and current context of sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction across nearly half of the north polar region. The Russian original version ...

10.04.2019

Integrated Marine Management in the Arctic

Report No. 42/2018 The report reviews approaches and mechanisms of marine management in the Arctic Ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction of the coastal states. Given the growing interest to economic development in the Arctic, this issue is of increasing significance and implies the development of ecosystem-based management in the region. Basing on the comparative analysis of different regional solutions related to such management, the authors conclude that there is a need to develop a special...

19.12.2018

International and Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Technologies

... the use of AI technologies. The present Working Paper of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) includes analytical materials prepared by experts in the field of artificial intelligence, machine learning and autonomous system, as well as by lawyers and sociologists. The materials presented here are intended to contribute to the public dialogue on issues of artificial intelligence and the possible consequences of using this technology. International and Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence ...

18.12.2018

Why the Double Standards?

EU and the Rule of Law It started with a kiss: how Juncker wooed Trump — Much of the leading Western media has recently been celebrating what they called a successful step in de-escalating the trade war between the United States and the European Union. I came to make ...

20.08.2018
 

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