RUSSIAN MARITIME LAW ASSOCIATION

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Articles and case comments

  • Interview with the Heads of DENUO’s Transport Practiceissue 3/2025 · Anna Otkina · 4 October 2025The transport practice group of Denuo joined RUMLA in the summer of 2025. Partner Anna Otkina and Counsel Anna Antonova are now among the members. In an exclusive interview, they shared the story of how they came into the field of maritime law. They also discussed the potential benefits that Lex Maritima could bring to the sector and pointed out a number of problematic challenges from the fraudulent registration of vessels to ensuring the principle of freedom of navigation is upheld.
  • Expropriation of a Foreign-Flagged Vessel – a Measure Unfavourable for allissue 3/2022 · Maria Erokhova · 5 October 2022The article examines the problem of expropriation of foreign vessels during the *** in Ukraine. The authors consider expropriation without monetary compensation and not on the grounds of a court judgement is an illegal and Unfavourable act. The point is that vessels are registered in the registers, which are usually kept by ports all over the world. The registration is a condition of vessels’ operation. In case of illegal expropriation, it is impossible to change the entry for a vessel in a foreign register. Consequently, the vessel cannot leave the port of any state since she will be arrested. Vessels, which were expropriated illegally, cannot be operated for their intended purpose in the modern world.
  • Nationality of the Child Born Onboard a Ship: the “Right of Blood” and the “Right of Soil” Approachissue 2/2022 · Kseniia Spekhova · 5 July 2022The article examines the main problems that arise in determining the citizenship of a child born onboard a ship. It is concluded that even among the states that use the «right of blood» as a general principle for determining citizenship, the «right of soil» is actively used as an optional method for determining the child’s right to citizenship. Russian legislation requires precising the regulations with respect the status of children born onboard a ship flying the flag of the Russian Federation.