| AJIL | American Journal of International Law |
| BMD | Byulleten’ Mezhdunarodnikh Dogovorov [Bulletin of International Treaties] |
| BVSRF | Byulleten Verkhovnogo Suda Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Bulletin of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation] |
| ChJIL | Chinese Journal of International Law (Oxford Journal) |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| CSCE | Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| EAES | Euraziiskiy Economicheskiy Soyuz [Euro-Asian Economic Union] |
| ECHR | European Convention of Human Rights |
| ECT | Energy Charter Treaty |
| ECtHR | European Court on Human Rights |
| EU | European Union |
| GA | UN General Assembly |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| IL | International Law |
| ILC | International Law Commission |
| ILO | International Labor Organization |
| IO | international organization |
| MKAS | Mezhdunarodniy Kommercheskiy Arbitrazhiy Sud [International Commercial Arbitration Court] |
| MZhMP | Moskovskiy Zhurnal Mezhdunarodnogo Prava [Moscow Journal of International Law] |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| PCIJ | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| REMP | Rossiiskiyi Ezhegodnik Mezhdunarodnogo Prava [Russian Yearbook of International Law] |
| RF | Russian Federation |
| RLJ | Russian Law Journal |
| RSFSR | Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic |
| RYuZh | Rossiiskiy Yuridicheskiy Zhurnal [Russian Juridical Journal] |
| SSR | Soviet Socialist Republic |
| SYIL | Soviet Yearbook of International Law |
| SZ RF | Sobranie Zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Compilation of the Legislation of the Russian Federation] |
Torgovo-Promishlennaya Palata [Chamber for Commerce and Industry] | |
| UN | United Nations |
| USSR | Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics |
| VKSRF | Vestnik Konstitutsionnogo Suda Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Herald of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation] |
| VTAK | Vneshnetorgovaya Arbitrazhnaya Komissiya [Arbitration Commission for Foreign Trade] |
| VVASRF | Vestnik Vischego Arbitrazhnogo Suda Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Herald of the Supreme Arbitrazh Court of the Russian Federation] |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| ZhRP | Zhurnal Rossiiskogo Prava [Journal of Russian Law] |