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25 March 2010
New draft Requirements to Commissioning of Telecommunications Networks have been prepared
On 16 March 2010 the Expert Working Group “Development of Proposals on Priority Tasks for Adjusting the Effective Telecommunications Regulatory Framework” (WG-1) submitted new draft Requirements to Commissioning of Telecommunica...
Articles and comments
23 March 2010
Taxation of Incentive Payments and the New Trade Law
Rest assured – the new Law “On the Basics of State Regulation of Trade” does not directly affect the taxation of income and expenses of contracting parties resulting from the payment of remuneration (granting of discounts)...
Alerts
17 March 2010
Court Practice Confirms that Tax Overpayments Can Be Used to Effectively Protect Taxpayers
The judges of the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court once again confirmed that the tax authorities must account for both the understatement and overstatement of tax liabilities when they audit taxpayers.
Articles and comments
09 March 2010
Levying Execution on IP Assets as the Debtor’s Property
It is often the case that the majority of IP assets are not included in the bankruptcy estate during bankruptcy proceedings. This is primarily attributable to the specific legal nature of exclusive rights to the results of intellectual acti...
Articles and comments
02 March 2010
Court rules on domain names and infringement of company names
On December 8 2009 the Supreme Arbitrazh Court ruled that the use and administration of unauthorized domain names constitute an infringement of rights in a corporate name.
Alerts
25 February 2010
Resolution of the Supreme Arbitration Court on taxation of promotion activities at a retail chain: new issues
The Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russia issued Resolution No. 11175/09 further to an application from Dirol-Cadbury LLC on 22 December 2009.
Alerts
19 February 2010
Amendments to Article 29 “Interest Rates on Credits, Deposits and Service Charges of a Credit Institution” of the Federal Law “On Banks and Banking”

On 15 February 2010 the Russian President signed Federal Law No. 11-FZ “On Amendments to Article 29 of the Federal Law “On Banks and Banking” (hereinafter – “Article 29 of the Bank Law”).

Articles and comments
16 February 2010
Labor and Migration Audits in 2010
Unfortunately more and more companies are finding these days that labor and migration audits are part and parcel of the business landscape in Russia. The authorities have publicly proclaimed their intention of protecting business. However, ...
Articles and comments
09 February 2010
State authorities count cost as companies recover damages
The issue of the liability of the state authorities for damage caused to business is relevant today. We have seen a considerable number of examples where the state authorities inflicted substantial damage on enterprises and companies throug...