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Articles and comments
30 November 2010
Valuation Rules of the Customs Union
The establishment of the Customs Union between Russia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan has complicated substantially the system of customs valuation.
Articles and comments
12 November 2010
Employment Disputes in Russia - Litigation and Mediation
This year the number of employment disputes that have ended up in court kept increasing. Traditionally litigation is most common in cases on termination, disciplinary fines, unpaid wages and bonuses.
Alerts
29 October 2010
On what date should property tax be levied on a constructed real estate asset: Russian Supreme Arbitration Court will provide its response
Pepeliaev Group advises that on 16 November 2010 the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court will consider on what date property tax should be levied on a constructed real estate asset.
Articles and comments
25 October 2010
A New Russian Law on Trade
On 1 February 2010, Federal Law No. 381-FZ, dated 28 December 2009, titled “On the Fundamentals of State Regulation of Trading Activities in the Russian Federation” came into force.  It took several years to develop this regulat...
Articles and comments
22 October 2010
Amendments to the Double Taxation Treaty With Cyprus

On Oct. 7, a protocol to the tax treaty between Russia and Cyprus was signed. The protocol, which significantly altered the contents of the treaty, is expected to become effective in 2011 or 2012, after its ratification by Russia and Cyprus...

Alerts
12 October 2010
Amendments to the Double Taxation Treaty with Cyprus
7 October 2010 saw the signing of a Protocol on Amendments to the 1998 Double Taxation Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Cyprus. The Treaty was significantly amended by the Protocol. Many of the Protocol’s prov...
Alerts
06 October 2010
On the Skolkovo innovation centre
On 28 September, Federal Law No. 244-FZ “On the Skolkovo innovation centre” was adopted, together with Federal Law No. 243-FZ of the same date “On amending specific legislative acts of the Russian Federation in connection with t...
Alerts
08 September 2010
“Counter-reform” of the VAT Law: New draft law from the Russian Ministry of Finance
Pepeliaev Group advises that the Russian Ministry of Finance has published on its official website a draft law  proposing to introduce, from 2011, a series of amendments into the VAT calculation regime, concerning settlement differences, th...
Alerts
07 September 2010
Changes in the Employment Conditions of Foreign Citizens
Pepeliaev Group hereby informs on changes in the conditions of employment of foreign citizens: the list of positions not subject to the employment quotas has been extended; starting from 1 January 2011 the inviting party is no longer requir...