The Author: Olesia Engelbutzeder graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). She practices law since 1999 and specializes in International Business Law. After one year work in one of the leading export companies in Moscow the author studied four years in Germany. She obtained a degree of Master of Law (LL.M.) and a legal doctorate in European Law at the University of Frankfurt am Main. During her study in Germany the author advised several international companies on Russian and International trade law.

• Contents: Russia and the EU – Bilateral trade relations with emphasis on EU anti-dumping measures against Russia – EU anti-dumping law and practice against Russian exporters – Russia’s status as a market economy country granted by the EU in 2002 – Perspectives.