About database

Documents in database

The Database “Legislation of the CIS countries” contains documents, which provide complete information on the basic branches of law, as well as documents, which reflect interstate relations between CIS countries (EEC, Custom union, the CIS etc.)

Database updating

We add new documents and update existing ones in the database within the week.

Translating documents into Russian

In most CIS countries, legal documents are available in the national and Russian languages and have a status of "official translation". In countries where the documents are available only in the national language, their translation into Russian is performed by professional legal translators.

Sources of information

The main sources of information for the database "Legislation of the CIS countries" are the national electronic databases, the issuers of legal information, as well as electronic and printed publications. Cooperation with the operators of national databases and issuers of legal information in the CIS countries is based on long-term contracts.

Due to cooperation with the best developers of national databases in the CIS countries and direct contacts with issuers of legal information, the database is updated timely.

Technology of translation

Currently the translation of documents from Russian into English is carried out using technology of machine translation with the use of automatic translation application.

The application for translation is provided by PROMT LLC.

The given technology does not allow us to perform quality translation comparable with professional human translation.

The purpose of the given stage of our project is to give our users a "tentative" translation which allows them to understand an essence of the document and if necessary order high-quality professional translation of the required documents.

Currently we are working on setting up service for users, which would allow ordering professional translation. We are expecting that such service will be available in the nearest future.

Original text of documents

As we estimate current translation quality as "tentative", we provide the registered users with original documents in Russian, so if necessary users could compare unclear parts of the text or make final translation independently.

Interface

The database is equipped with the convenient interface and powerful search system. It allows users to perform significant volume of work on studying the legislation of certain country, and carry out comparative analysis of rates and positions of the law in the different countries at the minimum costs of time.

Users can mark documents as "Favorite" and then filter them in list. This feature accelerates access to frequently used documents, makes it possible to monitor their status and updates.

The History of opened documents saves time and increases overall performance.

Searching documents

Search engine allows users to search documents by various options: by Countries, Document types, Date range, Classification (Theme), Context search, Keyword search and others.

Classifier (Theme search)

All sections of the database are based on a single theme classifier. The classifier is designed specifically for database "Legislation of the CIS countries" and contains 20 major sections, each of them is may contain up to 3 levels. The classifier includes sections of legislation that are applicable to each of the CIS countries. Themes allow you to quickly build documents list on various legal issues.

Search by Keywords

The Keywords search allows users to quickly find documents, which can be described in one word or expression.

Keywords are sorted in alphabetical order. Each keyword corresponds to a group of keywords that allows customizing the theme.