Journal headings
"Legal sciences"

Annotation: The article is devoted to an analysis of trends in the development of tort law in the context of regulation of rela- tionships involving the use of artificial intelligence (AI), based on the model legislation of the CIS. The central issue of the study is the question of whether it is necessary to create fundamentally new legal mechanisms of liability for harm caused by AI, or whether it is possible to adapt existing civil law institutions. The methodologi- cal basis of the work is a comparative legal and regulatory analysis of the provisions of the Recommendations on the Regulatory Regulation of the use of artificial intelligence, including ethical standards for research and development and the CIS Model Law "On Artificial Intelligence Technologies". As a result of the study, key trends that underpin model regulation have been identified and analyzed: the expansion of strict (objective) liability by equating high-risk AI systems with sources of increased danger; the channeling of joint liability toward specific entities (owner, developer, operator); the socialization of risks through mandatory civil liability insurance; and the strengthening of consumer protection in the digital environment. The author’s main conclusion is that legal regulation of tort liability in the field of AI demonstrates continuity and an evolutionary nature, refuting the position that it is necessary to create an entirely new, “non-anthropocentric” system of liability.

Annotation: The article examines the evolution of legal approaches to protecting bona fide purchasers of real estate in the context of challenging transactions. It analyzes the fundamental conflict between the rules on restitution (Art. 167 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) and the rules on vindication (Art. 301, 302 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). Particular attention is paid to the transformation of the judicial practice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, culminating in the Lurie case (2025). The criteria of «reasonable diligence», the distribution of the burden of proof, and the prospects for legislative consolidation of the principle of public credibility of the register are considered. The author concludes that priority is increasingly given to the stability of civil turnover over the formal restoration of the rights of an owner who has been negligent. In conclusion, it can be asserted that in 2026, the Russian system for protecting property rights has reached a new level of ma- turity. The priority of the rights of a bona fide purchaser over the interests of an owner who has been negligent is the key to the investment attractiveness of the real estate market and civil peace in society. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: Currently, in domestic housing legislation, the norms governing the short-term rental of residential premises require changes that will be based on the legal position of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, delimiting short-term rental of residential premises and the provision of hotel services. Courts of general jurisdiction continue to issue decisions that prohibit citizens from providing their own housing in the short term, equating this activity with the provision of hotel services. The draft federal law regarding the settlement of short-term rental of residential premises does not eliminate the contradictions reflected in the Decree of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation of March 23, 2023 No. 9-P “In the case of checking the constitutionality of part 3 of article 17 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of citizen P.E. Bakhirev.” The authors determine the prospects for the further development of legislation in terms of regulating the provision of residential premises for temporary residence to third parties. In order to maintain a balance of interests among all property owners in an apartment building, along with other measures, it is proposed to create a list of criteria to determine whether the provision of housing constitutes short-term rental or hotel services. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: In contemporary legal doctrine, the category of «transport infrastructure» is often employed in a fragmented manner – in object-based, managerial, or public-regulatory terms – which hampers its holistic conceptualization as a complex legal phenomenon and obscures its place within the system of civil-law organizational relations. This article examines the legal nature of transport infrastructure through a comparative analysis with energy infrastructure as a typologically related network-based legal formation. The methodological framework combines systemic and functional approaches, comparative legal analysis, and the provisions of the theory of organizational civil-law relations. It is demonstrated that, although transport and energy infrastructures belong to the same general type of network formations, they differ significantly in the mechanisms ensuring their stability: energy infrastructure is characterized by a model of public-law centralization, whereas transport infrastructure operates as a distributed system of contractual and legal coordination. It is substantiated that contracts governing the use of transport infrastructure perform primarily a coordinating function, ensuring the alignment of participants’ actions and the integration of public-law and private-law regulatory mechanisms. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: The article addresses the critical need to create a specialized facility for the long-term storage and verifica- tion of electronic evidence. The author examines the transition from a “physical” understanding of material evidence to a “logical” one. This article aims to comprehensively substantiate the need to implement electronic evidence storage chambers, to describe their key functions and requirements, along with the regulatory and technical contexts. In addition, the article describes the key requirements for ensuring the security of electronic evidence storage and approaches to creating the relevant systems, and offers practical recommendations for implementation and integration into existing processes. Without ensuring proper conditions and security for the storage of evidence, the risk of its loss, damage, substitution, or illegal access increases significantly. As digital transformation becomes the main trend in public administration, the presence of electronic evidence storage chambers becomes an indicator of the digital readiness and technological sophistication of the law enforcement and judicial systems. The article emphasizes that the introduction of electronic evidence storage chambers will be an integral element of electronic justice. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.