On the 25th February, 2025, the Research Centre for Legal Expertise became a member of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). It is worth noting that the organization is part of the ecosystem of Baikal Communications Group and was created to assist the government, businesses, and non-profit organizations in legislative tasks.

As part of the membership process in the business association, CEO of the Center, Sofia Strakhova, participated in a business breakfast with RSPP President Alexander Shokhin and other new members of the Union. During the meeting, the head of the RSPP outlined the key areas of the union’s work and highlighted the priority tasks for its committees and commissions. In turn, Sofia Strakhova discussed the activities of the Center and its plans for working within the RSPP framework.

In cooperation with the Union, the Research Centre for Legal Expertise will focus on improving legislation and developing mechanisms for legal regulation. In this regard, the organization has joined the RSPP Committee on Regulatory Policy, which has resumed its activities after a three-year hiatus.

The Research Centre for Legal Expertise has identified several key areas for its work within the committee. Firstly, it has been decided to concentrate on the preparation and expert discussion with stakeholders of the draft federal law “On Normative Legal Acts in the Russian Federation.” The absence of such a normative legal act, according to some experts, creates challenges for systematic quality control of legislative decisions made. Its adoption could facilitate a more transparent dialogue between business and government, formalizing interaction procedures among the subjects and objects of state regulation.

Secondly, the Research Centre for Legal Expertise plans to participate in the development of the regulatory impact assessment (RIA) system. This mechanism has proven to be one of the effective tools for interaction between the government, businesses, and society, although its potential could be fully realized, especially within parliamentary procedures.

On the same day, the first meeting of the updated RSPP Committee on Regulatory Policy took place during the forum “RIA and Other Tools for Business and Government Interaction.” The discussion included RSPP President Alexander Shokhin, AVTOVAZ President Maxim Sokolov, State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexey Khersontsev, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Konstantin Panferov, representatives from the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, the Federation Council, the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation, and other experts.

The Research Centre for Legal Expertise hopes that its active participation in RSPP activities and interaction with professionals in the field will contribute to enhancing the quality of legal regulation in the interests of both business and government.

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