By the end of this year's spring term on 28 July 2019, three
new bills on counter-measures to the anti-Russia sanctions had been
submitted to the State Duma. Even though none of these bills has
passed the first reading yet, they give an insight into
Russia's future strategy for countering the sanctions –
criminal liability for facilitating the imposition of new sanctions
as well as protection of crucial economic sectors from the negative
impact of sanctions. If passed, these counter-measures would be
substantially less severe than initially proposed – in
particular, there would be no criminal liability for sanctions
compliance in Russia (please see our our Review of 2018). These are the details
of the bills regarding which the State Duma will continue
deliberations after the summer break[1]:
