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On 22 March 2022 the Tverskoy District Court held Meta Platforms Inc. to be an extremist organisation and prohibited it from doing business in Russia.

Pepeliaev Group advises that, on 9 March 2022, a Federal Law came into effect to re-introduce a special procedure for initiating the criminal cases for which articles 198 to 199.2 of the Russian Criminal Code provide.

Pepeliaev Group advises that the Ministry of Economic Development, in accordance with the instructions of the Russian Government dated 8 March 2022, has prepared a draft law “On an external administration for the management of a company”.

Pepeliaev Group advises that a number of amendments have been introduced in legislation which are aimed at optimising procedures for the procurement of goods, work and services to provide for municipal and state needs, as well as state control procedures.

Pepeliaev Group advises that the decision of the State Commercial Court of the Kirov Region dated 3 March 2022 in case No. A28-11930/21 has been published. This decision denied protection of an exclusive right of a foreign entity due to its originating from a country that was included in the list of ‘hostile countries’.

Pepeliaev Group advises that on 14 March 2022 the law on the fourth stage of the ‘capital amnesty’ came into force. This law was adopted at the initiative of the Russian Government. Still, the ‘amnesty’ has a procedural form for the voluntary declaration by individuals of assets (filing a special declaration).