On 12 February 2013, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation published on its website the draft Federal Law on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air of 28 May 1999 (“Montreal Convention”). If this federal law is adopted, Russia will become a party to the Montreal Convention on the 60th day after the deposit of the instrument of accession with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).