Public-Private Partnerships in Russia

lt;b>Agnessa O. Inshakova is a Professor and Head of the department of civil and international private law of Volgograd state University (the base Department of the southern scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences).
Oleg V. Ivanov is a Professor at the department of economic policy and public-private partnership, MGIMO University, Russia.

History  and the current state of a public-private partnership in Russia.- Concession agreements in the Russian Empire.- History of concessions in the USSR.Evolution of approaches to PPP in modern history of the Russian Federation.- Infrastructure gaps and investment needs. Current state and key trends of PPP development.- Regulatory and legal framework of PPP in Russia. Forms of PPP in Russian practices.- Common and special legislation on PPP. Comparative analysis of Federal Law on Concessions (Law-115) and Federal Law on Public-Private and Municipal-Private Partnerships (Law-224).- Organizational and Legal Forms of PPP. Concessions, PPP Agreements, Alternative or "Quasi"-PPPs.- PPP governance in Russia.- Strategic planning in Russia. Transition to formation of long-term infrastructure plans.-PPP governance at the federal and regional level.- Instruments of government support for PPP projects.-  Project management. Life cycle of a PPP project.Key stages and tasks.- Preparation and assessment of PPP projects.-Selection of a private partner for PPP project implementation. Launch of PPP projects under "unsolicited proposal" (private initiative).- Commercial and financial closure.Monitoring and control of PPP projects implementation