Expropriation

1. Expropriation and nationalization. The difference between the terms
2. Lawful and unlawful expropriation. Grounds and examples from Russian law
3. Direct and indirect expropriation. Problems with Investment Law. Examples from Russian judiciary practice

1. Typical grounds: expropriation for state or municipal needs; compulsory sale of the mismanaged land plot, cultural values and domestic animals; requisition
2. Particular grounds for expropriation in Russian law: punishment in the form of confiscation and expropriation of property acquired through corruption
3. Procedure of lawful expropriation in Russia
4. Typical practical problems: disagreement with the fact of expropriation or disagreement with the amount of compensation and dispute in Russian court

1. International law approach: unlawful because without compensation
2. Russian law approach: unlawful because without legal ground
3. Unlawful expropriation as a tort of a state. Futurism of Russian judiciary practice
4. Expropriation based on unlawful judgement as a form of unlawful expropriation
5. Analyze the types of indirect expropriation — temporary management of an assets as example
6. Unlawful expropriation as an abuse of rights: do we need such qualification?

1. Forms of compensation: monetary and in natura
2. Damages from unlawful expropriation. How to count?
3. Difference between just compensation and damages
4. The possibility of set off in conflicts connected with expropriation

1. Relevant cases: confiscation claims, the expropriation of corrupt property, compensation for requisition and unlawful expropriation
2. Approach of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation against the limitation period
3. Interpretation of the Russian Civil Code towards the limitation period

1. National jurisdiction — competence of Russian courts on expropriation disputes
2. International jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights and possibility of international public tribunals for hearing disputes on compensation for military actions, mass human rights violations, and other violence
3. Foreign jurisdiction. Problem of state immunity
4. Arbitration for investments disputes

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