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On 30 March 2023 the Russian Constitutional Court issued a Resolution that acknowledges that article 11(8) of the Law on Protecting Competition complies with the Russian Constitution, and terminated the proceedings in the case with respect to article 17(1)(1) of the Law on Protecting Competition, since this provision cannot be treated as violating the Claimants’ constitutional rights.

The Government Commission on Monitoring Foreign Investment in Russia has supplemented the list of conditions for carrying out transactions with a view to disposing of securities including shares of and membership interests in the issued capital of Russian business entities in which “hostile” non-residents participate.

The Russian Government has adopted Resolution No. 372 dated 10 March 2023, which extends until 2030 the moratorium on audits introduced in 2022, and provides for other specific aspects of control activities.

The Russian Constitutional Court has adopted a Resolution establishing the possibility of costs being compensated which were incurred under administrative proceedings relating to a dispute over legal protection of IP rights and means of identification.

On 13 March 2023 the Russian Federal Tax Service signed Order No. ED-7-23/163@, which regulates the procedure for information systems of companies applying tax monitoring to integrate with the Nalog-3 Automated Information System.

On 15 February 2023 the State Duma considered in the first reading a Draft Law which amends article 15 of Federal Law No. 57-FZ dated 29 April 2008 “On the procedure for foreign investments in business entities of strategic importance for ensuring national defence and state security”.