Abstract
<jats:p>The monograph reveals general issues of the legal nature of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in the Russian Federation. Recognition and enforcement are analyzed at the stage of acceptance by an arbitration court of an application for recognition and enforcement of decisions of foreign courts as an activity to give legal force to an act of authority of another state, the concepts of recognition, enforcement and their mutual relationship are defined. The author reveals the specifics of the commercial court's identification of grounds for refusing to accept the relevant application, returning it and leaving it without movement, defines the criteria for distinguishing jurisdiction between commercial courts and courts of general jurisdiction in the relevant category of cases. Taking into account the specifics of the legal relations under consideration due to the participation of foreign persons, as well as the specifics of the rules of foreign states that have issued enforceable judicial acts, the author identifies some problems of a law enforcement nature and suggests ways to resolve them. Scientific developments and conclusions formulated by the author can be useful to practicing lawyers, representatives of legal science, as well as teachers and students of law schools (faculties, departments) interested in international civil procedure.</jats:p>