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Alerts
22 July 2014
New sanctions which affect businesses’ rights and interests in Russia
On 16 July 2014 the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury extended its Specially Designated Nationals List (the “SDN List”) with respect to the Ukrainian crisis. Additions have ...
Articles and comments
21 July 2014
New Developments in Legal Regulation of Relationships Regarding Trade Names
With the adoption of Federal Law No. 35-FZ dated March 12, 2014, amending parts one, two and four of the Civil Code, other items of Russian legislation, the legal regulation of trade names continues to be developed. To some extent, the changes...
Articles and comments
10 July 2014
B2B: Subsidies For Car Manufacturers
Based on Federal Law No. 89-FZ 'On manufacturing and consumption waste' dated 24 June 1998 and with a view to safeguarding the interests of Russian car manufacturers in conditions where import duty rates for cars were being reduced, the Russian...
Articles and comments
09 July 2014
Russian authorities to offer tax amnesty for offshore companies
 The Finance Ministry has decided to grant a 2-year amnesty for offshore companies that have Russian owners if they move their assets to Russia. The draft law drawn up at the Finance Ministry forms part of a large-scale deoffshorization program....
Legal overviews
30 June 2014
Overview of tax events for June 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russian banks to transfer information on US taxpayers to US tax services.
Articles and comments
26 June 2014
Paying tax based on the cadastral value vs. implementing the principle of a stable business environment

Some time ago, the Russian Constitutional Court set out the principle of a stable business environment. This principle stipulates that "for the purpose of planning its business activities, a taxpayer should be informed in a timely manner...

Articles and comments
20 June 2014
Merging courts: Change will come

It is beyond doubt that merging the Russian Supreme Court and the Russian Supreme Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Court will affect the way all cases are considered, antimonopoly cases among them. This change can be attributed less to...

Alerts
20 June 2014
Joining the federal aviation industry agreement for 2014 -2016
On 6 June 2014, Rossiyskaya Gazeta published a Letter of the Russian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (the 'Ministry') in relation to joining the Russian Aviation Industry Agreement for 2014-2016 (the 'Agreement').
Alerts
20 June 2014
The State Duma has passed in the second reading a set of amendments to the Land Code
Pepeliaev Group advises that on 23 June the Federal Law No. 171-FZ “On amending the Russian Land Code and certain items of Russian legislation” was adopted to the extent of improving the procedure for state and municipally-owned...