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Pepeliaev Group advises that VAT may be refunded within a shorter period if there is a dispute with a tax authority.

Pepeliaev Group advises that a number of federal laws regulating labour and employment relations were adopted on 1 July 2010.

Pepeliaev Group advises that the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court issued Resolution No. 16 dated 15 June 2010 “On Application of the RF Law “On the Mass Media” by Courts”.

The Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court adopted on 10 June 2010 Resolution No. 15 “On Amendments to Resolution No. 22 of the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court dated 29 October 2009 ‘On the Judicial Practice of Applying Restrictive Measures in the Form of Pretrial Detention, Bail and House Arrest’”.

Pepeliaev Group hereby announces a number of positive changes in the court practice with regard to the submission of Russian currency (RUB) transfer receipts for several currency operations during one month: the receipt may reflect several operations of the transfer of funds to the bank account. If there were several currency transfer operations in a month, the resident may be held liable for the failure to submit a receipt only once, rather than several times for each operation.

The Joint Plenum of the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court and of the Russian Superior Court has determined the practice for applying legislation on certain issues relating to the protection of title and other rights in rem.