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Russia
This chapter should be considered as an outline of a reflective and inevitably subjective analysis of the main traits of Russian approaches to international law, its roots, content, dynamics, contradictions, failures and successes. It starts by setting the scene and grasping what can be distinguished as especially relevant for the political and legal layers of the Russian approach to international law and how they interrelate with each other. It then proceeds with a reflective presentation of the Russian (and Soviet) contribution to the evolution of international law and, finally, summarises some contemporary traits of the national approach. This chapter contributes to existing scholarship on Russian approaches to international law by subjecting them to critical analysis, that tries not to ignore a reality that does not fit some established constructions and assumptions.
