In Russia, foreign advocates can advise on the legislation of their countries; they should register in the special register maintained by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation to obtain the right to carry out this activity. Foreign advocate can in addition become russian advocate. There are two possible paths for that. The first possibility is to become russian advocate on the same basis as russian citizens (i.e. through higher legal education in one of russian universities, two years of experience in legal work in Russia after graduation or a training program in russian law firm after graduation, successful passing the qualification exam). Since Russia's WTO Accession the second possibility is available: foreign advocate can just pass special qualification exam to become russian advocate.