Alexander Grigoriev Co-Authors Article on Mediation in Russia

Attorney's Newspaper has published Alexander Grigoriev’s and Gleb Kuznetsov’s article titled “Classic Mediation in Tax Disputes: Certain Aspects of Practical Implementation of its Principles” (pdf in Russian).

An experiment to adopt the mediation procedure in taxation has been ongoing for several years in the Russian Federation. This is rather reasonable as it is an effective dispute resolution tool. At the same time, mediation of tax relations stirs up controversy among both scientists and practising lawyers.
Mediation is regarded as an alternative tax dispute resolution method, which supplements the pre-trial settlement procedure. There is an inevitable question to which extent that procedure complies with the classic mediation concept.
The authors analyse the applicability of mediation principles in the field of public law and give advice on its regulation.