05.09.11 - The Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) has launched an English newswire dedicated to judicial and legal news. The newswire provides coverage of major events in the Russian legal system, court proceedings and commercial disputes. This is for the first time that such information has become available from a primary source in English.

“RAPSI is offering a unique information product that has been popular both in Russia and abroad,” RAPSI Editor-in-Chief Oleg Yefrosinin said. “We have sources in all the official bodies of the judicial community, which means our information is always verified and in demand.” Meanwhile, the English newswire offers foreign readers first-hand information about the legal climate in Russia, he added.

The new RAPSI newswire will include around 30 exclusive news a day dedicated to Russia’s legal and judicial issues. The English newswire will provide urgent stories about the justice system in Russia, courtroom reports, legislative news and other legal content. Compared to the Russian service, it will focus more on commercial courts. The newswire will help improve the overall transparency in Russia, while making Russian economic processes more understandable to foreign business.  

“RAPSI does not restrict its work to the Russian-speaking space, but is seeking to capture an international audience,” Russian Supreme Commercial Court Chairperson Anton Ivanov said.

He added that the English newswire “will improve foreign businesses’ awareness and confidence in our country and thus help to attract new foreign partners.”

“Foreigners will less and less often view the Russian judicial system as terra incognita,” Ivanov said. “A transparent judicial system is an indelible feature of any developed civil society. The level of trust that citizens show toward their judicial system is emblematic of their confidence in the state.”

Ian Ivory, a partner and the head of the English Law and Corporate Finance Division of Goltsblat BLP, also welcomed the launch of the English newswire.

"Being an English partner working at an international law firm in Moscow, this is exactly the kind of resource I have been waiting for,” he said. “The business environment that we work in is fast-paced and constantly changing and this service will be just perfect for the needs of our team. It will also be of great interest to many of our colleagues in London and our other offices around the world, who are frequently engaged in projects with a Russian element."

“We have no doubt that the English newswire will find clients among both the foreign legal community and our colleagues in the mass media from the very first day,” Yefrosinin said.

The English newswire is a unique information product targeting foreign readers professionally interested in the legal climate in Russia.

Access to the newswire is available by subscription.

For more information call: +7 (495) 637- 4608

RAPSI (www.infosud.ru) is the first specialized legal informative and analytical internet resource targeting professional and broader audiences. It was founded by RIA Novosti, the Russian Constitutional Court, the Russian Supreme Court and the Russian Supreme Commercial Court. RAPSI subscribers include state agencies and major legal companies.