Legal Regulation of Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation

The thesis is devoted to the analysis of legislation and law enforcement practice on regulating the activity of foreign investors in the Russian Federation. The thesis explores the essence and the meaning of the notions "investment", "foreign investment" from the economic and legal perspectives, and demonstrates their common and distinct features their correlation with the notion of "investment activity”. Special attention is drawn to the notion of "legal regime of foreign investment" and the description is given to the legal regime provided to foreign investors in Russia. The author examines in detail the effective legal guarantees for foreign investors’ activities and the mechanisms for their protection under the Russian law. The thesis investigates the present theoretical and practical problems in the area of legal regulation of foreign investments and an attempt is made to formulate conclusions aimed at resolving the identified problematic aspects.