Commercialization of Education in Russia in the First Decade of the 21st Century

The study is based on a methodology proposed by European Association for Education Law and Policy for their research conducted in 2009 and devoted to commercialization, competition and corruption in European education. In the article, the attempt is made to apply their methods to analyze the extent of commercialization of Russian education system which existed before the adoption of new educational legislation (coming into force in 2013). The subjects of examination in this article are: competition law in education, case law in fair trading concerning commercialization in education, instances of educational liberalization and standardization in Russia from 2000 to 2009.