Artur Kuznetsov, an international lawyer and Russian advocate, handles complex matters where a dispute reaches beyond a single country: family conflicts, economic and property disputes, criminal matters with a foreign element, Russian proceedings involving foreign parties, and coordination with foreign counsel.
What matters in such cases is strategy, evidence, deadlines, the choice of jurisdiction, procedural risks and the sequence of actions before the first step.
International practice
Jurisdictions
International practice connected with 30+ countries: personal business trips, coordination with foreign counsel and handling matters across jurisdictions.
Practice
Experience & bar standing
Russian advocate · Ministry of Justice register No. 23/6384
Russian law and Russian proceedings. Not admitted to practise in any U.S. state or federal court
Over 20 years of legal practice
Over 7 years of international practice
Practice connected with 30+ countries
Author of «Za granitsey»
Publications and legal analysis · Advokatskaya Gazeta
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Practice
When a dispute or a personal matter crosses borders, what matters is structure, deadlines and jurisdiction — not emotion.
When a dispute over a child, marriage, residence, contact or a court decision is connected to several countries.
When assets, transactions, inheritance, business or financial claims are spread across jurisdictions.
When there is a risk of an international search, detention abroad, extradition or parallel proceedings.
When a case is heard in Russia but involves foreign citizenship, documents, assets, courts or attorneys.
When a foreign attorney or client needs a legal position on Russian law, Russian courts or documents.
Expertise
Work begins with facts and documents: who is involved, where the children and assets are, and which deadlines cannot be missed.
International child abduction, the 1980 Hague Convention, international divorce, disputes over a child's residence, contact and enforcement of foreign court decisions. Work in Russia and coordination with attorneys in the USA, Argentina, Turkey and Europe.
Complex disputes over assets, transactions, inheritance, shares, monetary claims and business conflicts involving several jurisdictions, foreign documents or foreign counterparties.
Interpol, Red Notices, international search, detention abroad, extradition risks, criminal cases across jurisdictions and coordination of defense with foreign counsel.
Proceedings in Russian courts involving foreign parties, documents, assets, foreign court decisions and an international legal strategy.
Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, coordination with foreign attorneys, and preparation of documents and legal positions for several jurisdictions.
Also: negotiation and mediation, consular and visa questions, support for transactions and documents.
All practice areasInsights
Notes and analysis from international legal practice.
What to do after a fraudulent broker takes your money: a Florida claim under §772.11 instead of waiting for the police, U.S. bank statements within weeks, crypto tracing, an asset freeze and cases in Russia.
Read the materialA step-by-step checklist for a parent: which facts to record, which documents to gather, how to prevent a child's departure from Russia, and how to start a return under the 1980 Hague Convention.
Read the materialWhich courts in Russia hear applications for the return of a child and for rights of access under an international treaty, why a special jurisdiction rule applies, and how to identify the right court.
Read the materialA practical overview of the 1996 Child Protection Convention: how it differs from the 1980 Convention, which issues it governs, when it may matter in Russia, and why the status of specific states must be checked.
Read the materialBook & expertise
«Za granitsey» continues Artur Kuznetsov's international practice: about families, courts, countries, legal conflicts and the cost of decisions made in cross-border matters.
Working with the lawyer
A calm, strategic review of the situation — without promising an outcome: everything depends strictly on the circumstances and the materials provided. Structure first, then documents, then position.
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