The first issue of the Lawyer of Foreign Economic Activity magazine in 2025 is devoted to such topical issues of customs regulation as the recycling fee, the inclusion of dividends in the customs value and the accrual of penalties, and the activities of mobile groups of customs authorities. This is written by: Candidate of Law D.S. Vlasenko, Candidate of Economics V.N. Ionicheva, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor N.M. Kozhukhanov and I.S. Shorokhova.

The section "Foreign Experience" contains an article by S.V. Cherkasova (Russia) in collaboration with G. Zhou (China), which analyzes the regulatory framework, judicial practice and other issues related to the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards (including decisions of Russian arbitration courts) in China.

The section "Integration Processes" contains an article by S.V. Moser, PhD in Law, on the prospects for developing an international legal instrument, the code of customs standards of the Eurasian Economic Union.  The author, in particular, analyzes the approaches of the World Customs Organization to the definition of the concepts of "international standard", explores the experience of the European Union in creating a set of customs standards. 

The magazine also features an interview with G.V. Balandina, Senior Researcher at the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, retired Major General of the Customs Service. In an interview with the editor-in-chief of the journal, P.N. Galina Safonenkova shared her opinion on various aspects of the activities of customs authorities in recent years, customs control, judicial practice in customs disputes, the activities of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union, the Development Strategy of customs authorities, digitalization of customs procedures and other relevant issues.