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Saatja: "Jaanus Kirikmäe - OKK" <[email protected]> Saaja: "Õiguskantsleri Kantselei - OKK" <[email protected]> Teema: FW: Response to inquiry sent on May 30th 2025 Kuupäev: 2025-08-21 07:27 From: Anastasia Sanchez Fernandez - JUSTDIGI <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2025 11:17 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cc: Heddi Lutterus - JUSTDIGI <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Marii-Elisa Pärna - JUSTDIGI <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Jaanus Kirikmäe - OKK <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Response to inquiry sent on May 30th 2025 Hi The Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs of Estonia has received Your letter dated May 30th, 2025, regarding the decision from July 14th, 2021, of Arbitration Court of Moscow and the application of the Ministry of Justice of Russian Federation submitted in May 2024, to the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs of Estonia. Please be informed that the Agreement between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation on Judicial Assistance and Cooperation in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters (hereafter the bilateral agreement) is no longer in force from 18 March 2025. The terminated bilateral agreement did not include any provisions regulating the relations between the contracting states after the termination of the agreement, including the question of the outcome of any requests made before the termination date. According to the Article 70(1)(a) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), the termination of a treaty (in the absence of a separate agreement or provision in the treaty) relieves the contracting parties of any further obligation to perform it. Therefore, the contacting states are not obliged to process, under the bilateral agreement, any requests submitted before or after its termination date. Best regards, Anastasia Sanchez Fernandez Adviser Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs of Estonia ***ATTENTION*** This e-mail and any attachments may contain official information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be unlawful.