Research project: International Competition "Dispute Resolution in the EAEU–2025": Preparation and Participation of the Faculty of Law's Team

The project aims to prepare the HSE University Faculty of Law's student team for successful participation in the "Dispute Resolution in the EAEU–2025" competition.

Launched in 2017, the "Dispute Resolution in the EAEU" competition is a classic moot court simulating the proceedings before the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Every year, several dozen teams from all EAEU member states (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia), as well as from other countries, participate in this competition. Among the judges of the competition are leading experts in the field of EAEU law and international law, including representatives of the Union's bodies, state authorities, the academic community and practicing lawyers. This makes it one of the most prestigious competitions on the topic of Eurasian integration for law students. The moot court strives to develop a new generation of international law specialists in the EAEU member states, capable of effectively representing the interests of both the state structures and business communities of their countries in international courts.  

HSE University (Moscow) has been successfully participating in the competition since its first years and has reached the final round for the last three consecutive years. In 2024, the team of the Faculty of Law won the competition, and in earlier years it took prize places (2^nd and 3^rd) and received various awards for participation in the written and oral phases of the competition. In 2025, the team finished as the runner-up and received the main prizes of the competition, including “Best Written Submission” and “Best Speaker of the Competition.”

By taking part in this project, students will enhance their legal writing and oral presentation skills in Russian. They will also learn to construct independent legal arguments when tackling practical international law issues, as well as search for and analyze EAEU law sources. The quality of learned skills is reflected in written procedural documents prepared for both sides of the dispute, as well as oral pleadings at the competition, which are evaluated by judges and delivered to the teams.

In 2025, the team was coached by Dr. Aleksei Petrenko, Associate Professor at the School of International Law, and by Anastasia Burnakina, PhD student at the HSE University's Doctoral School of Law.

In 2025, the HSE University Law Faculty team included: Arseniy Volodin, Arseniy Podshivalov (3rd year of Bachelor's degree, “Law” program), Yuliya Popova (4th year of Bachelor's degree, “Law” program), and Darina Borzhovich (1st year of Master’s degree, “Law of International Trade and Dispute Resolution” programme). 

For a news story on the team's participation in 2025: https://pravo.hse.ru/news/1113800619.html

For a news story on the team's participation in 2024: https://pravo.hse.ru/intlaw/news/1000334270.html

For a news story on the team's participation in 2023: https://pravo.hse.ru/intlaw/news/882630114.html