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Legal overviews
15 January 2016
Overview of tax events for December 2015
The Russian President has signed a law that will improve VAT refunds under the declarative regime. In particular, there has been a reduction from RUB 10 billion to RUB 7 billion in terms of the minimum amount of taxes paid in the three cale...
23 December 2015
An overwiew of the Russian bankruptcy case law, published in the third quarter of 2015
To determine whether it is necessary to assess the market value of the target of a contested transaction to prove that the debtor’s consideration is inadequate, one should take account of the circumstances of the case (Ruling No. 304-ES15-3591...
Alerts
21 December 2015
Government Imposes New Restrictions on Companies’ Information and Advertising Products
Pepeliaev Group advises that, from 1 January 2016, restrictions will be imposed on the establishment of mass media entities by foreign entities and Russian companies with foreign membership.  
Articles and comments
18 December 2015
Russia: IP rules and regulations updated
At the end of 2014, part four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which deals with intellectual property, was significantly updated. Since many of the amendments were conceptual in nature, there was a need for a substantial reworking...
Alerts
09 December 2015
Joining the Federal Industrial Agreement for Textile, Consumer Goods and Porcelain and Earthenware Industries in Russia for the years 2015-2017
On the federal level , an Industry Agreement for Textile, Consumer Goods and Porcelain and Earthenware Companies for the period 2015-2017 has been adopted. This Agreement sets out additional obligations. The Agreement automatically covers c...
Alerts
08 December 2015
Russian Government Sets Restrictions on and Conditions for Medicines Which Are on the List of Vital and Essential Medicines to Be Admitted for Public Procurement
Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 10 December 2015, a Resolution of the Russian Government (the 'Resolution') will take effect that sets restrictions on and conditions for the medicines which are on the list of vital and essential medicines ...
Alerts
04 December 2015
Staff leasing: Rostrud is already accepting applications for accrediting PEAs
Further to our alerts regarding the ban on ”zayomniy trud” in Russia, please be informed that the applications for accrediting private employment agencies to have the right to provide employees’ (personnel’s) labour are already ...
Alerts
30 November 2015
The Fourth Antimonopoly Package: What Should Market Players Expect?
Pepeliaev Group advises of substantial amendments to the Law "On Protection of Competition".

The fourth antimonopoly package contains a number of substantial amendments which may affect the operations of all market players....
Alerts
17 November 2015
Russia`s Federal Tax Service has a new blacklist
Pepeliaev Group advises that a draft has appeared of a new blacklist of offshore jurisdictions.