Russia's unprovoked attack on the Ukraine has not been restricted to land. Ukrainian tech resources have been hit by cyber-attacks...

The RF Duma is considering an amendment to the Civil Code that, if ratified, will resolve an inconsistency in Russian law and open the door for any commercial entity to engage in factoring.

On 20 December 2018 the Federal Tax Service (FTS) approved a form of inquiry which it will use to request information from legal entities regarding their beneficial owners (Order ММВ-7-2/824).

Prior to the latest developments, the negative consequences were limited to an administrative fine of RUB 1,000,000.

The amendments to article 19.1 of the Media Law came into effect on 1 January 2016.

The OverRuled: Russia Trade Controls Resource Center has been updated with the following actions...

On 8 April 2022, for the first time since the start of the Ukraine war, the EU issued prohibitions on awarding and performing public contracts and concessions.

Corruption either involves the giving or taking of bribes or it involves actions by officials abusing their position or power which both damage the lawful interests of society or the state and are aimed at obtaining profits (including valuables, property, property services or property rights).

The president has recently signed into law a bill "On Making Amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Subsoil"...

Die Rechtsvorschriften über die Rechtsstellung ausländischer Staatsangehöriger in der Russischen Föderation[1] wurden geändert, insbesondere werden zusätzliche Pflichten für Unternehmen eingeführt ...

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is a relatively new economic union of several countries of former USSR. The economic relations between those countries were broken and now they are taking steps...

On December 2, 2015 the Russian Government published its Resolution No. 1289 on Restrictions and Conditions for Admission of Medicines on the List of Vital and Essential Medicines...

The most important novelty provided by the Law with regard to the described subject relates to the storage of the contents of users' messages.

A special procedure for the payment of royalties to certain categories of right holders has been recently established in Russia. Subject to the special procedure are any payments made...

On 1 January 2012 the Federal law "On Investment Partnership", passed by the State Duma and approved by the Federation Council on 25 November 2011.

In July, world attention focused on Russia, as the Group of Eight summit convened in St. Petersburg. Russia was invited to join the G8 in 1998 both to recognize and to encourage its transformation to a market-based democracy. It’s been 16 years since the Russian Federation formally declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), is an intergovernmental organisation that sets global standards and promotes the effective implementation of measures to combat money laundering...

On 24 February 2020 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce published a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ...

The United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom recently imposed new sanctions on Russia to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine...

Federal Law No. 174-FZ on Amendments to the Federal Law on the Procurement of Goods, Work and Services by Certain Types of Legal Entities1 and to the Federal Law ...