First English book will be issued by the Responsible Gaming Fund
Responsible Gaming Fund and Storm International are announcing the first English edition of Evgeny Kovtun`s book “Legal Regulation of Gaming Business in the Former Soviet Countries”. The book will be presented at the annual ceremony of Gaming Awards in January 2009 in London.
The book gives full and comprehensive analysis of the legal regulation of gambling activity in the countries of the former USSR (Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan). The author investigates in detail the history of the legal regulation of gambling activity in the Soviet Union and analyzes the modern legislation.
The publication is recommended for employees of all levels of legislative authorities, employees of state institutions, teachers, post-graduate students and students of law colleges and faculties, representatives of gambling business and also the broad audience of readers.
The book is written on the basis of legislative acts in force in various countries as of June 1, 2008 unless otherwise stated.
About the author:
Evgeny Vyacheslavovich Kovtun
The author graduated from the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MSU RE) and All-Russia State Tax Academy (ARSTA), defended with honors the graduation research paper entitled “Legal regulation of gambling business in the Russian Federation.” Evgeny Kovtun is a well-known publicist in the field of the legal regulation of gambling business, the author and a co-author of many books devoted to the history of gambling business and its legislative regulation.
His latest books “Gambling Business in Russia: Legislative Regulation,” “Legal Regulation of Gambling Business in Foreign Countries” (together with Sergey Kovalev) and “Legal regulation of Gambling Business in Ukraine and in neighboring states” (in Russian and Ukrainian) gained recognition not only in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, but also in some foreign countries. Evgeny Kovtun`s articles about legal regulation of gambling business are translated into many languages of the world, including English, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian, Armenian, Georgian and Lithuanian.