Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Inna N. Rykova Author-Email: rykova@nifi.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Author-Name: Makar I. Kudelich Author-Email: kudelich@yandex.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Author-Name: Alexander M. Shaykin Author-Email: ashaikin@nifi.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow 127006, Russia Title: Foreign Insurance Companies’ Direct Branches in Russia: Regulatory Perspectives Abstract: The article formulates proposals on possible changes of the current legislation in connection with the forthcoming opening of foreign insurance companies’ direct branches in Russia in accordance with the obligations for World Trade Organization entry. Classification-JEL: G18; G22 Keywords: WTO, legislation, foreign investments, insurance, Russian insurance market, foreign insurancecompanies, insurance market participants Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 90-102 Issue: 6 Year: 2016 Month: December File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2016/6/Statii/fm_2016_6_08.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:160608:p:90-102