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As we advised in our migration alert of 1 March 2011, Federal Law No. 385-FZ “On amending certain laws of the Russian Federation” entered into force on 15 February 2011. The law introduced amendments to the procedure for the reg...

Pepeliaev Group advises that according to Russian Ministry of Finance, exchange losses on foreign currency interest are not deductible fr om taxable profit wh ere such interest has been classified as dividends under clause 4 of article 269 ...

Pepeliaev Group advises that the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court’s Decision No. VAS-16558/10 dated 24 January 2011 has held that clause 1.15 of the Requirements for Compiling a Tax Audit Report is invalid to the extent that it allow...

2 March 2011 saw the publication on the official website of Russia’s Federal Financial Markets Service (the “FFMS”) of the FFMS’s Order “On approving the Regulations on the procedure and timeframes for a joint stock compan...

Pepeliaev Group advises that 22 February 2011 saw the publication on the website of the Federal Service for Supervision over Telecommunications, Information Technology and Mass Media (“Roskomnadzor”) of its Order No. 048 dated 3...

On 26 January 2011, the Russian State Duma passed the first reading of the Draft Law “On amending article 19 of the Federal Law ‘On telecommunications’”. The Draft Law clarifies the procedural requirements for connec...

Pepeliaev Group advises on the entry into force of Federal Law No. 385 “On amending certain laws of the Russian Federation”on 15 February 2011. The new provisions concern the terms on which foreign citizens may stay in Russia.

Amendments to the Russian Tax Code that modified the notion of tax resident for personal income tax purposes came into force on 1 January 2007. The notion is crucial for the establishment of the tax rate (13% or 30%) with respect to the inc...