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Although Russia’s foreign trade turnover contracted by 40% in 2009 compared with 2008, the Russian customs authorities still managed to meet the target budgeted for the remittance of customs proceeds, which was reduced by the Russian ...

In Resolution No. 13640/09 dated 25 February 2010 the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court recognised that the tax base on the sale of property rights to residential and non-residential premises is determined as the difference...

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...

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)...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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”).