The Influence of Acts of International Law and Legislation of Foreign Countries on the Public Legal Regulation of Public-private Partnership Relations in Russia

Purpose of the study. The article analyzes the features of the influence of international law and foreign national legislation on the formation of the public legal foundations of public-private partnerships in Russia, primarily in the context of Russia’s activities within the CIS.

Conclusions. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that the development at the level of international organizations of legal recommendations and model acts in the field of public-private partnerships, including those that consider public-private partnerships as a means of achieving sustainable development goals, can simplify and speed up law-making processes in states- participants, while simultaneously ensuring the harmonization of national legislation and the unification of the legal systems of cooperating states. It is substantiated that in order to unify public legal regulation on the territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the system of principles of public-private partnership from the CIS model law «On Public-Private Partnership» (2014) should be incorporated into the legislation on public-private partnerships of Russia and other member states. Unlike a number of foreign countries (Germany, France, Great Britain), in which the practice of public-private partnership has a long history and an established approach to its legal regulation has been formed, which does not imply fundamental changes, in modern Russia, due to the rapid development of market relations, in In recent decades, there has been an active development of the conceptual foundations of public legal regulation of public-private partnerships, improvement of relevant legislation and development of the practice of its application.