On December 19, OFAC targeted individuals and entities associated with "Project Lakhta," which OFAC described as a Russia government-sponsored effort ...

In far east Russia, Two Communist lawmakers on Friday urged President Vladimir Putin to put an end to Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. This was however a dissenting view as the majority of Communist...

Companies are included in the list of system-forming organizations by means of a decision taken by the Russian Government Commission.

Protection of geographical names in Russia has become a subject of recent discussions because of the new legislative initiative proposing inclusion of a new type of IP rights...

July saw the entry into force of the majority of provisions of the long awaited and much discussed new Federal Law No. 38-FZ "On Advertising" (the "New Advertising Law"), a significantly improved law which alters the legal framework regulating advertising activities in Russia.

This fall will see the entry into force of new antimonopoly legislation which will affect both Russian and foreign companies alike and eliminate many gaps and uncertainties that exist under the current regulatory framework

On Oct. 26, 2006 a new antimonopoly law – Federal Law No. 135-FZ of 26 July 2006 "On Protection of Competition" – came into force in Russia. The law that it replaces was enacted more than 15 years ago and, despite numerous amendments, was hardly able to continue regulating the actively emerging Russian market.

The law (Article 1508 of the Civil Code) provides that a trademark protected in Russia based on its state registration or in accordance with an international agreement or used as a trademark, or a...

Following the tradition, the September issue covers some of the hottest topics of Russian law and its practical application.

The end of 2008 was marked by two important events that took place within about a week from each other: on 22 and 30 December 2008 two federal laws were adopted and these led to considerable changes in the Federal Law "On mortgage"* (the Law").

The Federal Law dated 12 March 2014 № 35-FZ introduces amendments to the provisions of the Parts 1, 2 and 4 of the Civil Code.

По законодательству у судов должно быть право по заявлению ответчика снижать комп

Attracting additional private investments to the Russian economy and ensuring that state property is used effectively are the two main tasks to be solved at the current stage of the economic reforms being implemented in the country.

The Newsletter for this month contains several articles commenting on new legislation that has been or will be adopted by the Russian Parliament.

Despite this being a holiday season, the Russian Duma and Russian Government have not been idle. This Newsletter covers a number of very interesting topics which all have significant practical consequences for market players in Russia.

Russia is in the midst of economic and legislative reforms. Since 1990 the Russian government has put a statutory framework into place to bring the country up to modern standards and harmonise legislation.

It is important to time stamp this review because the law as to parallel importation in Russia is quickly evolving and the subject is a moving target.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on 3 April 2014.

Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration has published the digest of arbitration news for the last month.

Конституционный суд России позволил судам изымать единственное жилье при соблюд&