In July 2021, the Ministry of Labour and the Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer Rights issued a joint letter on the rules of employee vaccination.

Letter № 14-4/10/P-5532 dated 23 July 2021, issued by the Russian Ministry of Labour, together with the Federal State Agency for Health and Consumer Rights (Rospotrebnadzor)...

The Covid-19 pandemic has created enormous challenges for businesses and officials and disrupted the normal course of life and work for all people worldwide.

In this webinar, the panelists discuss global mobility and immigration issues during the pandemic and provide examples from their countries: Germany, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine.

The " Black swan " of coronavirus has already led such economic sectors as tourism, air transportation, hotel business, and non-food retail to a deep crisis.

The confirmed number of persons in Russia infected with SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 (Corona) exceeds 32,000.

The Russian government announced that nationwide non-working days will be introduced from Oct. 30, 2021, to Nov. 7, 2021, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

What are the primary health and safety requirements in Russia that employers need to be aware of as they re-open their offices and workspaces? Consult our experts' checklist.

Russia has suspended migration terms for foreign nationals that expire between 15 March and 15 June 2020.

The Covid-19 pandemic has created new legal challenges for many businesses worldwide.

On March 31, 2020, the State Duma adopted and the Federation Council approved a new emergency prevention law – Draft Law № 931192-7 (the "Law").

As already mentioned in our previous news on this topic, due to COVID-19 the Russian State Duma adopted on 18 March 2020 Federal Law No. 50-FZ.

Following Mr. Putin's speech on 2 April 2020, measures promoting isolation such as nationwide non-working days and regional quarantine measures are being extended until end of April/beginning of May.

More and more Russian regions announce mandatory vaccination for employees of specific industries.

Due to the spread of COVID-19 the Russian President issued on 2 April 2020 the decree on prolongation of the non-working period within the whole territory of Russia until 30 April 2020.

The UK Government has provided designers and manufacturers with protection from product liability claims which arise from new ventilators.

Russia has introduced a temporary procedure allowing foreign nationals to extend their visas and residence permits in the context of the coronavirus epidemic.

In view of Russia's national measures against the spread of COVID-19, on 18 March 2020 the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and Presidium of the Judges Council of the Russian Federation suspended ...

The Russian government will lift all COVID-19 entry restrictions for all foreign nationals entering the country via airway and sea borders.

Starting in March 2020, Rospatent implemented Covid-19 pandemic containment measures in line with the high-alert regime adopted by the authorities.