According to the law, the courts should have the right to reduce compensation at the request of the defendant taking into account all the circumstances relevant to the case.

In June, the Russian parliament adopted amendments to counterterrorism laws and public security measures, many of which affect the technology sector.

At the EU summit on 21 June 2019, the 27 heads of state and government expressed their intention to cooperate with the new British Prime Minister in a spirit of trust.

In Russia, December was by far the most eventful month of 2011. United Russia's poor showing in the December 4th parliamentary elections and the street demonstrations that followed undoubtedly sent a jolt to the leadership.

On July 30, 2017, new Federal Law No. 165-FZ of July 18, 2017 entered into effect, introducing amendments (the "Amendments") to Federal Law No. 160-FZ "On Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation"...

The State Duma deputies adopted draft law No. 398292-7 in the third reading

EU Commission Updates FAQs on FDI Screening Regulation (EU) 2019/452...

The global community is considering various legal and other reactions to the unprovoked, unjustified, and aggressive war launched by the Russian Federation and its satellites against Ukraine.

The RF Central Bank (the "CBR") recently has announced that the requirement to hold special transaction accounts and noninterest reserves for certain transactions will be lifted on July 1, 2006, as opposed to the original deadline of January 1, 2007.

A draft amendment to the Federal Law "On Banks and Banking Activities" that allows companies other than credit institutions to accept payments that usually fall under banks’ jurisdiction (the "Payments Amendment") passed its third reading by the State Duma on July 7, 2006.

Dentons Moscow office has recently issued Investing in Russia Guide for companies and financial institutions considering investments in Russia.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia proposed amendments to the so-called Strategic Investments Law which concerns investments by foreigners in Russian enterprises of strategic importance.

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.

The RF Constitutional Court (the "Constitutional Court") recently ruled in favor of public communications network operators in a case initiated by the Koryaksky Autonomous District Duma.

Companies operating in Russia can now exclude themselves from liability for bribery by way of self-reporting to the Russian law enforcement agencies.

In Russland tätige Unternehmen können sich nun durch Selbstanzeige bei den russischen Strafverfolgungsbehörden von der Haftung für Bestechungsdelikte befreien.

Russia continues its anticorruption efforts in 2019. These efforts build upon numerous convictions last year.

Experts from VEGAS LEX have visualised foreign exchange restrictions that are regularly introduced since the end of February of this year as special economic measures.