Russia

Article 179. Invalidity of Transaction Concluded Under Influence of Fraud, Coercion, Threat, or Ill- Intentioned Agreement of Representative of One Party with Other Party or Coincidence of Grave Circumstances

1. A transaction concluded under the influence of fraud, coercion, threat, or ill-intentioned agreement between a representative of one party with the other party, as well as a transaction which a person was forced to conclude as a consequence of the coincidence of grave circumstances on conditions extremely disadvantageous for himself which the other party took advantage of (transaction on crushing terms) may be deemed by a court to be invalid upon the suit of the victim.

2. If the transaction was deemed invalid on one of the grounds specified in point 1 of this Article, then the other party shall return to the victim everything received by it under the transaction, and if it is impossible to return that received in kind, the value thereof shall be compensated in money. Property received under a transaction by the victim from the other party, as well as that due to it in compensation for what was transferred to the other party, shall go to the revenue of the Russian Federation. If it is impossible to transfer the property to the revenue of the Russian Federation in kind, the value thereof in money shall be recovered. In addition, the other party shall compensate the victim for real damage caused to it.