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Становление системы оценки регулирующего воздействия в России: какую роль сыграл международный опыт?
This paper examines the development of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in the Russian Federation, which turned 16 years old in May 2026. Even before the start of the reform and in the early years of the transformation, nearly all „best practices“ of OECD countries were studied by Russian experts and civil servants, and many of them were implemented (and continue to be implemented till last time). A detailed examination of the genesis of the domestic RIA system leads to the conclusion that its institutionalisation occurred under significant influence from foreign approaches: initially, predominantly Anglo-Saxon patterns were used, but over time the emphasis shifted toward continental European experience, which better aligns with the Russian bureaucratic tradition. The limited effectiveness of the Russian RIA is linked to the tendency of stakeholders toward abstract reasoning and poor use of evidence-based calculations, which pushes businesses toward a strategy of administrative bargaining with the regulator. Government bodies, in other side, often attempt to ignore these procedures or make them non-mandatory. The conclusion is drawn that the adoption of the expanded Standard Cost Model in 2024 provides an opportunity to achieve in the next time a balance that includes both „deliberative“ (public, societal) and "technocratic“ (quantitate, expert) components.