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Restrictions and measures of state support for business: the digest for 12-25 January 2026

28.01.2026
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DRAFT LAWS

The State Duma has passed in the first reading the following draft laws:

  • No. 1069534-8 regarding fines being increased with respect to 36 elements of white-collar crimes. Among these are: tax, currency and customs-related crimes, unlawful actions during bankruptcies, violation of copyright or related rights, of labelling rules and procurement legislation, and competition being restricted by a cartel being entered into.

  • No. 1082676-8, expanding the list of requirements for the purpose of control over foreign investments in strategic business entities.

 

LEGISLATION

The ‘Start a Business Online’ service has been extended

The Russian Government’s Decree No. 20 dated 21 January 2026

Came into effect on 22 January 2026.

The experiment to provide an integrated service has been extended until 1 March 2027. As part of the service, legal entities/individual entrepreneurs will be registered with state authorities and provided with a certificate of the verification key to an electronic signature, a bank account and a remote banking service agreement (see the Russian Government’s Decree No. 144 dated 13 February 2024).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will monitor analytical agencies specialising in market research

The Russian Government’s Decree No. 22 dated 22 January 2026

Comes into effect on 1 March 2026.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will exercise the powers to monitor compliance with the requirements for commodity market research (see the Government’s Decree No. 438 dated 5 June 2008).

Please be advised

Further to your request, we can prepare tailor-made overviews of Russian legislation for you relating to current and future restrictions and measures of state support for business. For more details, please follow the link, or contact Oksana Bodryagina at: o.bodryagina@pgplaw.ru

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