Product Liability Law. Legal Practicies and Modern Tendencies of Development

Abstract

The presented article is devoted to the issue of protecting Russian consumers of imported goods in the context of large-scale, fundamental changes in the external economic environment against the backdrop of global geopolitical transformations. For the first time in the entire modern history of the Russian Federation, since the change in political and economic courses and the establishment in 1991 of a new market paradigm for the development of an independent state of the Russian Federation, the country has faced the problem of a “break” in cultural and moral ties. The current events of today demonstrate with a high degree of obviousness the extreme degree of neglect of this problem and, as a result, the unprecedented reactionaryness of now political opponents and business partners of Russia, originating from the territory of their countries. Under the veil of non-acceptance of the traditional values of Russian society, Western countries offer an extremely absurd foreign trade agenda - economic sanctions, often forcing national businesses to stop any trade and economic relations with Russian partners. In such conditions, the market, as a living social organism, is looking for options to overcome artificial, contrary to the conditions of healthy competition, barriers to meet consumer demand, including through parallel imports. Taking into account the current situation, there is a need for a legal analysis of the legal consequences for foreign manufacturers as a result of the supply of low-quality goods to the Russian market in the face of economic restrictions on their supply to the exporting country. Based on the basic principles of tort liability for damage caused by defects in goods, works and services, the manufacturer of the relevant product group, regardless of the terms of trade and the nature of the goods, must be liable to persons who have suffered damage as a result of the consumption of the goods produced by him.