Restrictions and measures of state support for business: the digest for 10-23 November 2025

DRAFT LAWS

The fines for white-collar crimes will be raised

Draft federal law No. 1069534-8

The draft has been put before the State Duma.

Amendments to the Criminal Code have been proposed whereby fines are being raised with respect to 36 elements of crimes, including for:

• fraud that entails intentionally not performing contractual obligations, if doing so has resulted in: significant damage (article 159(5) of the Criminal Code) – up to RUB 500,000; large damage (article 159(6) of the Criminal Code) – between RUB 150,000 and RUB 800,000; and especially large damage (article 159(7) of the Criminal Code) – up to RUB 1,500,000;

• the production, purchase, storage, transportation or sale of goods and products without labelling (article 171.1(1) of the Criminal Code) – up to RUB 500,000; and if committed by a group of persons (article 171.1(1.1.) of the Criminal Code) - between RUB 150,000 and RUB 500,000;

• unlawfully using another person’s trademark / service mark / appellation of origin (article 180(1) of the Criminal Code) – between RUB 200,000 and RUB 600,000; if committed by a group of persons (article 180(2) of the Criminal Code) – between RUB 300,000 and RUB 600,000; and if committed by an organised group (article 180(3) of the Criminal Code) – between RUB 1,000,000 and RUB 2,500,000;

• breaching public procurement legislation (article 200.4(1) of the Criminal Code – up to RUB 300,000); and if committed by a group of persons or resulting in an especially large damage (article 200.4 (2) of the Criminal Code) – between RUB 300,000 and RUB 1,500,000;

• restricting competition by entering into a cartel (article 178(1) of the Criminal Code – between RUB 800,000 and RUB 1,500,000.

Administrative liability will be established for violating the rules for operating critical information infrastructure (CII)

Draft federal law No. 1071997-8

The draft has been put before the State Duma.

It has been proposed that administrative liability be introduced for violating the rules for operating CII facilities.

The penalty will be a fine of up to RUB 10,000 for individuals, up to RUB 50,000 for a company's officers and up to RUB 500,000 for legal entities.

Concurrently, amendments have been proposed to article 274.1 of the Criminal Code “Unlawfully interfering with critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation”, specifying the objective aspect of a crime (draft law No. 1071966-8).

LEGISLATION

The prosecutor’s oversight is toughened over compliance with counter-sanctions restrictions

The Russian General Prosecutor’s Office's Order No. 747 dated 30 October 2025

The Russian General Prosecutor’s Instruction No. 140/20 dated 11 March 2022 has been amended, according to which changes prosecutors are now mandated to:

• focus on whether foreign companies and Russian business entities with foreign membership are complying with the legislation in the field of counter-sanctions restrictions, specifically when they undertake foreign trade and currency transactions;

• by applying measures of a prosecutor’s response, ensure that the Russian President’s rulings concerning special economic regimes are strictly complied with and, if there are grounds, protect public interests by resorting to judicial mechanisms.