Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
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First Vice-Rector | |
Yelena Yuryevna Gracheva | ||
Academic Degree: Academic Title: |
Doctor of Law Professor |
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Postgraduate Programs: |
"Forming the estimate means funds of in the competence-based model of higher education” "Current Aspects of modern Russian and foreign law" |
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Subjects Taught |
Finance Law Tax Law |
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Awards: |
lapel badge "Honoured Interior Ministry Member" meritorious title "Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation" meritorious title "Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation" medal "For Cooperation" lapel badge "Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education" |
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Overall Work Experience (years): | 40 | |
Experience in the Legal Profession: (years) | 34 | |
Contact Details |
Secretary: Olga Anatolyevna Demchenko +7(499)244-85-20 |
The First Vice-Rector supervises the teaching/learning activities for persons with disabilities including the infrastructure of the learning process, coordinates the work of vice rectors and branch directors of the Moscow State Law University and is responsible for the developing and implementing the strategy for the development of Kutafin University (MSAL). Oversees the Security Administration, the HR Administration, The Centre of Legislation Monitoring and Law Enforcement, the Legal Unit and the Centre for Strategic Planning.
Head of the Finance Law Department of O.E.Kutafin Moscow Law University. On 13 November 2012 Yelena Gracheva was awarded the title of “Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation” for her achievements in furthering the legal sciences and training legal experts.
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Vice Rector for Learning Support | |
Mariya Viktorovna Mazhorina | ||
Academic Degree: Academic Title: |
Candidate of Juridical Sciences (PhD) Associate Professor |
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Subjects Taught |
International Private Law International Commercial Contracts |
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Education: | Moscow State Law Academy. Major - Jurisprudence, Lawyer | |
Postgraduate Programs: |
• “Training of academic staff on the postgraduate level in the context of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education. Management of university activities”, 2015 • “The singularities of implementing the programs of postgraduate study as a level of higher education”, 2015 • «The implementation of postgraduate programs as a level of higher education”, 2016 г. • «The implementation of the programs for training the top level personnel as a level of higher education”, 2017 • “University Management”, 2018 • “Education for the Future”, 2018 |
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Subjects Taught |
International Private Law International Commercial Contracts |
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Overall Work Experience (years): | 21 | |
Contact Details |
Secretary: Aleksandra Sergeyevna Kiseleva +7(499) 244-80-57 |
The Vice Rector for Learning Support organizes the admission of the applicants, provides the learning and methodological support for the higher education programs of O.E.Kutafin University (MSAL) and its branches.
Supervises the work of the Kutafin University Institutes (except for The Institute of Public and Regulated Procurement, Competition Policy and Anti-corruption Technologies, Institute of Legal Translation, Institute for Advanced Studies), academic departments and the Learning Support Administration.
Area of Academic Concentration: International private law, law of international commerce, lexmercatoria, international contracts, international commercial arbitration, ADR, ODR, cyber law, digital e-platforms, cyberlex, issues of the Russian legal education.
Associate Professor of International Private Law Department of O.E. Kutafin Moscow Law University.
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Vice-Rector for Research | ||
Vladimir Nikolayevich Sinyukov | |||
Academic Degree: Academic Title: |
Doctor of Law Professor |
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Subjects Taught | Theory of State and Law | ||
Academic Degree: Academic Title: |
Doctor of Law Professor |
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Education: | D.I.Kursky Saratov Law Institute. Major – legal studies, lawyer | ||
Postgraduate Programmes: |
• "Project Management", 2015 • "Personnel Management", 2015 • "Management of a modern university in the field of innovations", 2016 • "The toolkit of planning and implementing the sustainable economic development mechanisms of a university", 2017 |
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Subjects Taught: | Theory of State and Law | ||
Awards: |
• lapel badge "Honoured Interior Ministry Member" • lapel badge "For Distinguished Work" • medal "For Assisting the Drug Enforcement Agencies” • meritorious title "Honoured Scholar of the Russian Federation" |
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Overall Work Experience (years): | 33 | ||
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Contact Details |
Secretary: Yekaterina Alekseyevna Mityushina +7(499)244-85-62 |
The Vice-Rector for Research heads the research and publishing activities of Kutafin Moscow Law University (MSAL) and its branches.
Oversees the work of the Library, the Publishing Centre, the University's Research and Educational Centers, the Academic Activities Administration, the Research Management Administration, the Editorial Review Board, the Council for Science, The Council of Young Scholars, the Student Scientific Society and dissertation defense boards.
Area of Academic Concentration: theory and practice of the Russian legal system, Russian legal culture, methodology of legal education.
Professor of the Department of Theory of State and Law of Kutafin Moscow Law University (MSAL).
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Vice Rector for International Cooperation | ||
Dmitry Olegovich Kutafin | |||
Academic Degree: Academic Title: |
Candidate of Juridical Sciences (PhD) | ||
Subjects Taught: |
• International Private Law • International Commercial Arbitration |
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Contact Details: |
Secretary: Natalya Sergeyevna Valovaya +7(499)244-84-48 |
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The Vice Rector for international cooperation heads the international activities of the University and its branches and manages the educational process of foreign students.
Supervises the International Cooperation Administration.
Candidate of Juridical Sciences (PhD). Member of the Science Advisory Board under the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.
Associate Professor of the International Private Law Department of Kutafin University (MSAL).
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Vice-Rector for Administration | ||
Sergey Segrakovich Igithanyan | |||
Contact Details |
Secretary: Bella Arsenovna Appoyeva +7(499)244-86-30 |