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С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Sitnikov</surname><given-names>M. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Ситников М. С. — ассистент кафедры теории права и государственно-правовых дисциплин; аспирант кафедры конституционного и муниципального права</p><p>400005, г. Волгоград, ул. им. Гагарина, 8; 400062, г. Волгоград, пр. Университетский, 100</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Maxim S. Sitnikov — Assistant Professor, Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law; Ph.D. Student, Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law</p><p>8, Gagarina str., Volgograd, 400005; 100, ave. Universitetsky, Volgograd, 400062</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">c_i_c_e_r_o@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте Российской Федерации (Волгоградский институт управления); Волгоградский государственный университет</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Volgograd Institute of Administration); Volgograd State University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>26</day><month>12</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>5</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>69</fpage><lpage>93</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Sitnikov M.S., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Ситников М.С.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Sitnikov M.S.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/214">https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/214</self-uri><abstract><p>The necessity for legal research into the metaverse phenomenon arises due to its considerable economic strength and social capacity. Built on scientific principles and current experience in the metaverse development, this article aims to determine the general outlook for the evolution of legal regulation in the metaverse. The research methodology is based on general methods of scientific knowledge, including analysis, synthesis, systems approach, modeling, and abstraction. The study also employed the following specific scientific methods of legal cognition of reality: formal-legal, historical-legal, comparative, and logical-legal. The distinctive feature of the research consists in its interdisciplinary connection with another branch of knowledge, i.e., political science. As a result, it is shown that the metaverse subject has particularly interested the state, as well as business not only due to the ample opportunities for exploiting the relevant technologies in various areas of life (using public services, educational environment, and others), but also because uncontrolled development of the metaverse can negatively affect public security. The experience of the People’s Republic of China and South Korea holds a special place here. The results of the study enabled the author to identify three possible models of metaverse regulation depending on the level of state control. They are as follows: liberal free (development of the economic component of the metaverse is prioritized), conservative safe (the metaverse sector development should be totally controlled by the state), and mixed (it combines certain key elements of the first two models).</p><p>.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Наличие широкого экономического и социального потенциала у метавселенных формирует потребность в проведении правового исследования этого феномена. Учитывая положения науки и сегодняшний опыт развития направления метавселенных, целью настоящей статьи выступает определение общих перспектив развития правового регулирования сферы метавселенных. Достижение поставленной цели осуществляется на основе развитой системе методов. Помимо общенаучных методов, среди которых анализ, синтез, системный подход, моделирование и абстрагирование, в данной работе применяются специальные методы юридического познания действительности: формально-юридический, историко-правовой, компаративный и логико-юридический. Особенность исследования заключается в междисциплинарном характере с другой наукой — политологией. В результате показывается, что тематика метавселенных всерьез заинтересовала государство, а также бизнес не только ввиду наличия больших возможностей использования соответствующих технологий в разных областях жизнедеятельности (получение государственных услуг, образовательная среда и др.), но и в связи с тем обстоятельством, что неконтролируемое развитие направления метавселенных может негативным образом отразиться на общественной безопасности. Особое место здесь занимает опыт Китайской Народной Республики и Южной Кореи. По итогам проведенного исследования автором определены три возможные модели правового регулирования метавселенных в зависимости от уровня государственного контроля: либерально-свободная (акцент делается на развитие экономической составляющей метавселенных), консервативно-безопасная (развитие сектора метавселенных должно находится под полным контролем государства) и смешанная (сочетает в себе некоторые ключевые элементы первых двух моделей). </p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>метавселенная</kwd><kwd>право метавселенных</kwd><kwd>законодательство метавселенных</kwd><kwd>право виртуальных миров</kwd><kwd>виртуальная реальность</kwd><kwd>цифровое право</kwd><kwd>безопасность метавселенной</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>metaverse</kwd><kwd>metaverse law</kwd><kwd>metaverse legislation</kwd><kwd>virtual world law</kwd><kwd>virtual reality</kwd><kwd>digital law</kwd><kwd>metaverse security</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ambrogi, R. 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