Welcome to the ABA Section of International Law Russia/Eurasia Committee Newsletter. Our Newsletter brings you timely, in-depth articles to complement the news we deliver to you in our biweekly Eurasian Law Breaking News.
Our Newsletter counts on you for its content. We publish it whenever we have articles to publish. This way, your contributions reach our readers quickly. The more you contribute, the more frequently we publish. And we welcome timely articles that have been published elsewhere.
This issue features these articles:
● Sergey Budylin, Free Speech on the Runet: Constitution, Jurisdiction, and Mountain Law, which discusses problems related to free speech and its control on the Internet. Sergey is an attorney with Roche & Duffay in Moscow and a Vice-Chair of the Russia/Eurasia Committee.
● Anna Kozmenko, Russian Regulation of the Legal Profession at the Crossroads, which examines recent proposals for reforming Russia’s legal profession. Anna is an associate in the New York City office of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosie LLP. A Moscow native, Anna holds bachelors and master law degrees from the Peoples Friendship University of Russia. She also holds a Master in International Dispute Resolution from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, where she studied with the support of a Scholarship of the President of the Russian Federation for Training Abroad. Her work is concentrated on international arbitration.
● Oksana Yeremeyeva and Richard Smith, What’s New in Ukraine, which summarizes recent legislative developments in Ukraine. Oksana and Richard are attorneys with the RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A. Oksana is an attorney in the firm’s Kyiv office. She received her master degree in law from the Kiev National Economic University and her LL.M. in International Business and Trade Law from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Her main areas of practice include business law, foreign investments, and corporate and transactional law. Richard is in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office and is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. His practice focuses on corporate, commercial, labor, and securities law.
Also send us your news and announcements. In this issue, you will find an announcement of the webcast of the “Russia’s Expanding Engagement In International Law in Trade, Human Rights, and Energy Investments” CLE the Committee co-sponsored at Columbia University in April. The webcast can be viewed on the Internet until October 23. And, as we remind you in this issue, plan to attend the Moscow conference on September 14. Last year’s Moscow conference was excellent. You do not want to miss year’s conference.
Dmitri Evseev, Co-Chair
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