Loading...

Analytics and brochures

Alerts
13 December 2012
Amendment to the Methodology for manufacturers of medicines to set maximum sale prices for medicines
Amendments have been made to the Methodology for manufacturers of medicines to set maximum sale prices for medicines included in the list of vital and essential medicines approved by Order No. 961n/527a of the Russian Ministry of Health and...
Alerts
05 December 2012
Regime for calculating the tax base for mineral extraction tax
Pepeliaev Group advises that on 29 January 2013, the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Commercial (‘Arbitration’) Court (the “SAC”) will consider the regime for calculating the tax base for mineral extraction tax (“ME...
Articles and comments
29 November 2012
Antimonopoly policy: time for a change?
Currently, considerable discussion surrounds the so-called ‘Roadmap’ that is being developed by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). This document offers a programme of steps to develop competition between 2013 and 20...
Articles and comments
26 November 2012
Russian Parliament ratified the DTT with Latvia, Argentina and the Protocol to DTT with Switzerland
The main issue in the Protocol to the DTT with Switzerland is that there are new terms regarding information exchange. These terms cover issues with regard to both the taxes within the scope of the DTT (taxes on income, capital gains, and p...
Articles and comments
21 November 2012
Shareholders’ agreements under Russian law: A feasible instrument for better corporate governance?
Over the past 20 years Russian business has been desperately trying to adopt and apply the best U.S. and European legal tools for corporate governance. 
Alerts
14 November 2012
The Government has approved the new requirements for protecting personal data when it is processed in personal data information systems
The new requirements for personal data protection were approved by the Russian Government’s Resolution No. 1119 dated 1 November 2012 (the “Resolution”), which was published on 7 November 2012 in official journal Rossiiska...
Articles and comments
13 November 2012
Russia and WTO
World Trade Organisation (WTO). According to an official spokesperson from the Russian Ministry  Affairs, on 23 July the Government of the Russian Federation notified the WTO that Russia had completed all the internal procedures required to...
Articles and comments
30 October 2012
Business and state authorities in Russia: working to achieve compliance
In the current economic situation in Russia, when the state is actively involved in regulating the economy and robustly uses its administrative resources to regulate business processes, liaising with the state and local administration becom...
Alerts
29 October 2012
The Labour Ministry has proposed that employers sign up to the Federal Sector Agreement for Agriculture in the Russian Federation in 2012-2014
The proposal is contained in Letter No. 14-0/10/2-2202 of the Russian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (the “Labour Ministry”) dated 8 October 2012, published on 12 October 2012 in official government publication Rossiiskaya...