Russia is still heavily dependent on foreign medicines. While the healthcare budget heads in somewhat the opposite direction, skyrocketing prices for these medicines has been cause for heated debate. In particular, once again there are discussions...
Pepeliaev Group advises that decisions have been taken which were needed for the law on 'tax repatriation' (in effect from 2015) to take full force:
1) the procedure and the time frames have been set for the 'offshore amnesty';
2)...
2014 saw most of the amendments to Part IV of the Russian Civil Code come into effect. The amendments were set by Federal Law No. 35-FZ dated 12 March 2014 "On Amending Part I, II and IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and ...
The Russian Government has approved a list of VAT-exempt materials for scientific research which do not have Russian substitutes. The list includes 180 items (Resolution No. 469 dated 15 May 2015).
Sergey Sosnovsky from Pepeliaev Group: I will of course hear the plenary session which will cover politics as well as the law and go to Valery Zorkin’s session. He is a very respected person.
In October 2014, the Russian Civil Code was extensively amended in relation to regulating intellectual property. For instance, a fully fledged expert examination of utility models will be conducted, rather than a formal examination. The previous...
Sergey Spasennov, Partner at Pepeliaev Group: The forum is an opportunity to hear about the tendencies of our foreign peers. This year we will discuss how the new Supreme Court has affected dispute resolution in the past year.
The ongoing crisis in the Russian economy has had a significant impact on the practice of applying bankruptcy law and on its development. This is amply demonstrated by the increase of around a 30% growth in bankruptcy cases in 2014.
The main areas covered by Russian antimonopoly legislation are prohibition of the abuse of a dominant position, regulation of prohibited agreements, antimonopoly requirements for bidding, merger control, and prohibition of unfair competition....
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