The authors have studied the tendencies of the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Russia for the period 2019–2025 and compared the statistics in relation to both. All in all, the research covered 775 cases.
The authors categorized the data according to several criteria – from the outcomes of case reviews across various court instances to the involved jurisdictions and arbitration institutions. The obtained data was reflected in the form of graphs and authors' conclusions on the trends in Russian judicial practice on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Russia.
The main conclusions of the report are the following (for more details, see the report at the link below):
- The overall number of cases concerning the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Russia has been steadily declining;
- The recognition and enforcement rate fluctuated from 71% to 83% for foreign judgments, and from 40% to 78% for arbitral awards;
- In the cassation instance, foreign arbitral awards were left without the recognition and enforcement more often than foreign judgments;
- In 2023–2025, only one appeal was referred for consideration of the Judicial Chamber for Economic Disputes of the Russian Supreme Court;
- The majority of foreign judgments issued by state courts in “unfriendly” jurisdictions were not recognized or enforced in Russia;
- No more than half of the arbitral awards with a seat out of Russia rendered in cases administered by arbitral institutions registered in “unfriendly” jurisdictions were recognized and enforced in Russia;
- When deciding on the recognition and enforcement, Russian courts more frequently focused on the arbitration institution’s jurisdiction of incorporation rather than on seat of arbitration.
The report of the KIAP International Commercial Arbitration Practice with a study of statistics was presented for the first time at the XVII Annual ICC Russia Arbitration Conference and is available here.
The authors of the study are Stepan Sultanov, Partner, LL.M., Anastasiya Ryabova, Associate, Dinara Ibragimova and Artem Gritsuk, Junior Associates. Mariia Lukoianova and Grigorii Samoylov also took part in the report preparation.
