Analytics and brochures

It has been a year since the first conference on Islamic finance in December 2009. Over the year there have been quite a number of significant events taking place, all of which will influence the development of Islamic finance in Russia.

On 27 November 2010, Federal Law No. 309-FZ “On amending chapter 21 of the second part of the Russian Tax Code” was adopted. It significantly amends and adds to the series of provisions of the Tax Code governing the application ...

The establishment of the Customs Union between Russia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan has complicated substantially the system of customs valuation.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...