Introduction

The purpose of this article is to verify the scope and role of international arbitration, when the dispute regards petroleum investments in Russia. More particularly, when the dispute regards investments that are regulated by the Russian legislation on Production Sharing. I will first briefly establish the scope of arbitration under the Russian legislation on Production Sharing Agreements, along the following lines: some comments on the purpose that the Production Sharing Act attempts to achieve, an analysis of the arbitration clause in the same Act, comments ...