Pepeliaev Group advises about a planned experiment in the Russian Federation with the use of electronic documents associated with employment relationships.

Pepeliaev Group advises that on 27 April 2020 Federal Law No. 149-FZ dated 24 April 2020 came into force, introducing significant changes to the Law on bankruptcy regarding the moratorium on bankruptcy.

Pepeliaev Group advises that on 24 April 2020, in its Resolution No. 576 the Government approved the rules (the “Rules”) for granting free-of-charge governmental financial aid (the “subsidy”) to small and medium-sized enterprises (the “SMEs”) from the most damaged branches of the economy; SMEs will be able to use the subsidy for the partial compensation of their current expenses including on paying out salaries to their employ

On 7 April 2020, the Russian Ministry of Finance and the Russian Federal Tax Service issued a joint letter concerning the extension of the deadline for filing accounting reports provided for by Resolution No. 419 of the Russian Government dated 2 April 2020.  

Pepeliaev Group advises of measures taken in connection with prices growing for certain categories of goods.

The Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (“SCC”) has announced the possibility of using its service for the online administration of arbitration proceedings (the SCC Platform) in ad hoc arbitration. The service will be available for any ad hoc arbitration.

Pepeliaev Group advises on the rules for identifying entities with respect to which the moratorium on bankruptcy was enacted in the light of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, and concerning certain types of transactions which such organisations have no right to enter into while the moratorium is in force.

Pepeliaev Group advises that a number of provisions of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences have been recognised as non-constitutional that prevent the decreasing below the minimum level of fines issued in accordance with the laws of constituent entities of the Russian Federation on administrative offences (Resolution No. 15-P of the Russian Constitutional Court dated 7 April 2020).

Pepeliaev Group advises that, against the backdrop of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian Government has established in 2020 new features of licensing, accreditation, evaluation and other procedures related to a company’s activities that require a permit.

On 21 April 2020 the Praesidium of the Russian Supreme Court approved Review No. 1 of individual issues of case law associated with the application of legislation and measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the Russian Federation.

Pepeliaev Group advises of the measures being taken to amend legislation on public procurement.