# Russian World Protection Fund (Фонд защиты Русского Мира)

> Russian-language non-profit charitable foundation (Фонд содействия защите прав и законных интересов граждан за рубежом «Русский Мир»), registered with Russia's Ministry of Justice on 2018-11-07, that helps Russian-speaking citizens and businesses abroad. Its core offering is a searchable catalog of 1,000+ lawyers, mediators, businesses, and Russian NGOs across 100+ countries, plus services for document apostille/legalization, a 24/7 multi-country call center, donations, and a legal-aid knowledge base. The entire public site is in Russian.

The site is built on a custom PHP framework with database-driven pages and clean URLs. Coverage spans 100+ countries with 1,000+ catalog profiles across four catalog types: lawyers (адвокаты/юристы), mediators (медиаторы), businesses (бизнес), and Russian community organizations (общественные организации). Audience: Russian citizens and entrepreneurs living or operating overseas, plus partner organizations and legal professionals who can register profiles.

How to navigate the site (URL patterns an LLM can construct directly):
- Individual catalog entry: `https://rus.fund/catalog/{type}/{ID}/` where `{type}` is `lawyers`, `organizations`, `business`, or `mediator` and `{ID}` is a numeric database id — e.g. `https://rus.fund/catalog/lawyers/2151/`.
- Per-country catalog filter: `https://rus.fund/catalog/{type}/{ALPHA2}/` where `{ALPHA2}` is an ISO two-letter country code — e.g. `https://rus.fund/catalog/lawyers/RU/`. Available for all four catalog types.
- News article: `https://rus.fund/news/{ID}/` where `{ID}` is numeric (no standalone news index page).

Contact: office@rus.fund, +7 (495) 249-31-11, Moscow, Russia.

## Main sections

- [Home (Главная)](https://rus.fund/): Foundation homepage introducing the «Русский Мир» fund and its directory of 1,000+ lawyers and legal professionals across 100+ countries.
- [About & Contacts (О Фонде, контакты)](https://rus.fund/about-contacts/): About the non-profit (registered with Russia's Ministry of Justice, founded 2018-11-07) plus contact details, support email and Telegram/MAX channels.
- [Team (Команда)](https://rus.fund/team/): Organizational structure and leadership — presidium (chaired by Sergey Baburin), board, authorized regional representatives, and public advisors.
- [Documents (Документы)](https://rus.fund/docs/): Downloadable official PDFs — state registration certificate, charter, regulations for representatives and advisors, free legal-aid center rules, board-of-trustees bylaws and trademark certificate.
- [Partners (Партнеры)](https://rus.fund/partners/): Partner organizations (legal associations, business alliances, universities, NGOs) and information on partnership opportunities and tax-deductible corporate donations.
- [Publications (Публикации)](https://rus.fund/publications/): Chronological archive of articles by catalog lawyers and legal professionals on inheritance, family, and business law across the UAE, Lebanon and other countries.
- [For Media (Для СМИ)](https://rus.fund/media/): Press resources with downloadable foundation logos (PDF and PNG) and media contact information.

## Catalog

- [Lawyers Catalog (Каталог адвокатов и юристов)](https://rus.fund/catalog/lawyers/): Global directory of Russian-speaking lawyers and legal consultants for online consultations, organized by country.
- [Russian Organizations Abroad (Российские общественные организации за рубежом)](https://rus.fund/catalog/organizations/): Catalog of Russian non-governmental and community organizations operating abroad, organized by geographic region.
- [Business Abroad (Каталог бизнеса)](https://rus.fund/catalog/business/): Directory of Russian-speaking businesses and entrepreneurs operating in foreign countries, browsable by country.
- [Mediators Catalog (Каталог медиаторов)](https://rus.fund/catalog/mediator/): Directory of mediators offering dispute-resolution services to Russian citizens abroad, organized by country.
- [Profile Registration (Регистрация профиля)](https://rus.fund/profile/): Form for legal professionals, mediators, businesses and NGOs to register a Standard or PRO profile; applications reviewed within 48 hours.

## Services

- [Apostille & Document Legalization (Заказать апостиль или легализацию)](https://rus.fund/legalization/): Request service for apostille certification or consular legalization of documents issued in Russia and Belarus for use abroad; quote within 24 hours.
- [Call Centers (Call-центры)](https://rus.fund/callcenter/): 24/7 call-center contact numbers organized by country to assist insured tourists and citizens abroad.
- [Donations (Пожертвования)](https://rus.fund/donate/): Donation page with bank details and payment QR codes for charitable contributions to the foundation's charter activities, with tax-deduction eligibility.

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://rus.fund/sitemap.xml): Dynamically generated sitemap listing main pages plus all catalog entries, per-country catalog filters, and news items.

## Optional

- [Information Use Rules (Правила использования информации)](https://rus.fund/rights/): Terms governing reuse of content published on rus.fund, including attribution requirements, permitted quotation limits and citation formatting.