The Federal Law of the Russian Federation № 229-FZ dated 02 October 2007 "On Enforcement Proceedings" (the "Law") came into force on February 2008. The Law superseded a prior version adopted in 1997. While the Russian Bailiff Service asserts that great progress has been made in the enforcement of court orders, clearly there remains much room for improvement.1 Will the new Law help improve the situation?

This is an extract from the article by Pavel Sadovsky full text of which can be accessed following this link.