ABSTRACT
In the determination of the law subject to application, the court shall act on the basis of the interpretation of legal concepts in accordance with Russian law, unless otherwise provided by statute. In the case when the law subject to application is the law of a country in which several legal systems are in effect, the legal system determined in accordance with the law of that country shall be applied. In the application of foreign law, the court shall establish the content of its norms in accordance with their official interpretation, practice of application, and scholarly opinion in the respective foreign state. The Government of the Russian Federation may establish retaliatory limitations (retorsion) with respect to the property and personal nonproperty rights of citizens and legal persons of those states in which there are special limitations of the property and personal nonproperty rights of Russian citizens and legal persons.
