Abstracts from The Civil Code of the Russian Federation related to the issue.

Part I. Chapter 9. Article 160. The written form of the contract

1. The use of a facsimile copy of a signature by means of mechanical or diverse copying, an electronic digital signature or diverse analog manual signatures, is permitted in cases and in the manner prescribed by law and diverse legal codes in undertaking contracts or agreements among parties.

Part I. Chapter 28. Article 434. The form of the contract

1. The agreement can be contracted in any form deemed adequate for undertaking the agreement, if the law for agreements of the given type does not establish a defined form. If the sides have agreed to conclude the agreement in a defined form, it is considered contracted after attaching to it the agreed form, even if by law, for agreements of the given type, a defined form was not required.
2. The agreement can be in writing contracted by compiling a single document signed by all parties, and also by exchanging the documents by means of mail, telegraph, teletype, telephone, electronic or diverse links that permit establishing the authenticity of the source of the document.

Part I. Chapter 28. Article 435. The Offer

1. The Offer is recognized as addressed to one or several parties as an Offer, in which one definitely expresses that the party which has made The Offer considers itself to have concluded an agreement with the addressee who accepts the offer. The offer should contain the essential terms and conditions of the contract.
2. The Offer connects the party which has transmitted it to the addresse from the moment of its receipt by the addressee. If notification of the recall of The Offer has arrived earlier or simultaneously with The Offer, the offer is considered as not received.
   

Part I. Chapter 28. Article 438. Acceptance

1. Acceptance recognizes the answer of a party to which an offer is addressed. Acceptance should be full and unconditional.
2. Silence is not acceptance, unless it follows from the law, customary business practice or from the former business relationship of the parties.
3. Undertaking by a party obtaining an Offer, in the time established for its acceptance, of actions to implement the terms and conditions of contract (shipment of the goods, granting of services, implementation of operations, the payment of the applicable sum etc.) is considered as acceptance, unless this is not indicated in The Offer or is contradicted by diverse legal statutes.
   

Abstracts from the Federal Law related to the issue.

"About information, informatization and security of information"
N 24-FL of February 20, 1995

Article 5. Documentation of information

1. The legal force of a document that is stored, processed and transmitted with the help of automated information and telecommunication systems can be confirmed by an electronic digital signature. The legal force of an electronic digital signature is recognized by the presence in an automated intelligent system of a programmed means of identifying a signature and observing predicted characteristics in its use.
   

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