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Public discussion started on 20 February 2017 of a draft federal law on amendments to Federal Law No. 115-FZ on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism of 7 August 2001.

Starting from 21 December 2016, most Russian legal entities, including subsidiaries of foreign companies, must keep information about their ultimate beneficial owners ("UBOs").

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).

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...

In 2018 Russia adopted Federal Law 290-FZ on International Companies and International Funds, which introduced the possibility for foreign companies to 'redomicile'...

Only state prosecutors and victims (albeit to a very limited extent) can act as prosecutors before the Russian courts.