The current edition of the Civil Code of the RF stipulates that an unauthorized construction is a residential building, other building, structure or other immovable property erected on a land plot not designated for such purpose in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law or other legislative acts, or erected without obtaining necessary permits, or in material breach of town planning and construction regulations and rules.

This Chapter will consider the typical issues and challenges connected with the financing and development of real estate in Russia, before considering real estate financing structures and investment funds active in the real estate lending and capital markets.

The state Duma of the Russian Federation has adopted in the third and final reading a bill regulating rental relations during high-alert regime. The adopted law allows small and medium businesses from the list of sectors...

Under a contractor's contract, the contractor undertakes to perform certain work in accordance with the customer's instructions.

January 2015 started with continuation of the phase-in introduction of amendments to Russian land legislation made by the Federal Law No.171-FZ of 23 June 2014 (here in after referred to as the Law).

The Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr) is a federal executive body which carries out the functions of state registration of rights to immovable property and transactions with it.

From 1 January 2009 the state system of licensing in construction, engineering surveys, preparation of design documentation, reconstruction and capital repair of capital structures was replaced with a self-regulating system.

Certain provisions of Russian law imply that real estate disputes may be the subject of arbitration; however, none explicitly allow for such a possibility.

It should be noted that the Federal Law empowers the Committee on the State Control, Use and Protection of Monuments of History and Culture (KGIOP) to make decisions on establishing a Protection Zone of other dimensions.

In the past three months amendments to the real estate laws of the Russian Federation have taken effect which improve legal certainty for investors in Russian real estate:

In the past three months amendments to the real estate laws of the Russian Federation have taken effect which improve legal certainty for investors in Russian real estate

On February 1, 2016, the State Commercial Court for Moscow determined case No. A40-83845/15 involving a complaint filed by public joint stock company Vimpel-Communications...

For better or worse, we live in an increasingly globalised world. And in the lifetime of many businesses, there comes a time when they need to expand into new markets in foreign lands.

On 4 July 2012 the State Duma passed the first reading of the draft federal law "On Mutual Insurance of Civil Liability of Entities which Raise Funds for Participatory Construction of Apartment Blocks (Developers) for Non- Fulfillment (Improper Fulfillment) of Obligations under Contracts for Participatory Construction" ("the Draft Law").

In response to the sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies (including foreign states and international organizations) Russia has adopted several counter-measures to protect the national interests of Russia ...

Goltsblat BLP would like to remind you of the significant developments in the laws on self-regulatory organisations ("SRO") involved in construction.

Pursuant to the recently enacted federal law contemplating rent relief for tenants affected by measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus (the "Rent Relief Law")...

In den letzten drei Monaten sind im Immobilienrecht der Russischen Föderation Änderungen in Kraft getreten, die die Rechtssicherheit von Investitionen in russische Immobilien erheblich verbessern: