ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE – RUSSIA RATIFIES THE HAGUE JUDGMENTS CONVENTION

Russia is going to become the party to the new Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters of 2 July 2019 (the “Hague Judgments Convention”).
The convention allows a court judgment on civil or commercial dispute ruled in one country to be enforced in another country.
The convention shall however not apply to family and inheritance law, intellectual property, bankruptcy, antitrust, some administrative and other issues.
The new convention was long awaited by international business and legal communities in Russia, because currently a ruling of, for a example, a German court is almost not possible to enforce in Russia; German business has to apply to Russian courts, follow all Russian formalities and bear additional costs.
After Russia becomes the party to the convention, Russian and foreign business will clearly understand the perspectives of enforcement of foreign decisions, will be less dependent on controversies of home and foreign law, save time and legal costs.
Russia expects other countries to join the convention as soon as possible.