Doing Business In The War Zone

During the second half of 2014, Ukraine introduced special legislation and regulations in response to the hostilities and social unrest in the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts.

These regulate a wide range of legal relations and issues arising on these territories. As a rule, it uses the term 'anti-terrorist operation territory' ('ATO territory'), thus limiting the scope of application of many of the regulations to specific territories.

The exact list of the cities that fall within the scope of the ATO territory must be approved by a separate resolution by the Cabinet of Ministers.

The cabinet did adopt such a resolution on Oct. 30, but then suspended it on Nov. 5. There is no precise list of the cities that qualify as ATO territory at the moment.