ЖУРНАЛ «ЗАКОН» № 5 МАЙ 2015 ИНТЕРВЬЮ НОМЕРА FURTHERING THE REALISATION OF THE MISSION OF LAW IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT IS THE FORUM’S MOST IMPORTANT AIM СОДЕЙСТВИЕ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ МИССИИ ПРАВА В ГЛОБАЛЬНОМ КОНТЕКСТЕ — ВАЖНЕЙШАЯ ЗАДАЧА ФОРУМА The Minister was born on 9 June 1968 in Leningrad. <...> From October 1992 to February 2005, he held the positions of: investigator for the prosecutor’s office of Vyborgsky district in Saint Petersburg, prosecutor for the department of monitoring the implementation of laws on federal security of the prosecutor’s office of Saint Petersburg, deputy prosecutor for the Moskovsky district of Saint Petersburg, and prosecutor for the Moskovsky district of Saint Petersburg, first deputy prosecutor for the city of Saint Petersburg, prosecutor for the Republic of Bashkortostan. <...> From November 2005 to May 2008 he was the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Privolzhsky Federal District. <...> Mr. Konovalov was appointed Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation by Presidential Decree No. 736 of May 12, 2008. <...> Награжден государственными наградами, в том числе орденом Почета. 10 ЖУРНАЛ «ЗАКОН» № 5 МАЙ 2015 INTERVIEW Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation A.V. Konovalov Interview by Yan Piskunov, chief editor of the “Zakon” journal На вопросы главного редактора журнала «ЗАКОН» Яна Пискунова отвечает министр юстиции Российской Федерации А. <...> Коновалов — Alexander Vladimirovich, the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum may again become the most significant legal event of 2015 in Russia. <...> How will it differ from the previous Forums? — Over the last five years the Forum has become a key event on business schedule of various legal specialists from various countries, who gather in Saint Petersburg to discuss the essential issues of the improvement and harmonisation of law, and the development of the jurisprudence. <...> The Forum’s unique format of round table meetings between scholars, officials, and legal practitioners has proven its relevance, and as a result we plan to keep and develop it in 2015. <...> The V Forum is intended to collect the best ideas from successful meetings and explore new topics for professional discussion. — Александр Владимирович, самым, пожалуй, заметным событием юридической жизни в этом году <...>