From sweeping new regulations in industries such as pharmaceuticals to the Civil Code revisions and migration amnesty law currently under discussion, Russia's legal environment is constantly changing. The Moscow Times posed four questions by e-mail to four Moscow-based lawyers specializing in different fields about new developments in their areas of practice. From sweeping new regulations in industries such...

... taking into account numbers for money transfers abroad, experts think the number could be twice as high. The suggested reforms would allow migrants that have expired work permits but no other violations to voluntarily surrender to authorities and obtain legal status. The idea is not new. Migration of the 21st vice president Natalya Vlasovoi said there have been more than 25 such amnesties, though none have been on such a large scale. The organization said the draft law would be presented to the government...

In response to "Cyprus, Not WTO, May Modernize Russia," a comment by Daniel Klein on April 25. In response to "Cyprus, Not WTO, May Modernize Russia," a comment by Daniel Klein on April 25. Editor, I am concerned that parts of Klein's article are misleading and misrepresent the new protocol amending the Cyprus-Russia double taxation treaty, which has been ratified by the State Duma on February 2012. Cyprus cannot be referred to as an "offshore destination" since...

... Russia-based lawyers, however, welcome the nation's entry into the WTO. The process of meeting the conditions of the WTO's multilateral agreements and the individual commitments laid out in Russia's 2,000-page accession package will generate new work for legal professionals here, said lawyers interviewed by The Moscow Times. At the same time, the effects of WTO accession on domestic law, which are already being felt, will require lawyers, judges and juries to adapt to yet another shift in the legal landscape...

..., 2012, the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court (SAC) heard the Aelita Software Corporation case, in which the corporation, having won a case against the tax authorities, sought to recover 2.89 million rubles from those authorities in legal costs for its representatives' fees. Sergey Pepeliaev, Ph.D. in Law Managing Partner Pepeliaev Group On March 15, 2012, the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Arbitration Court (SAC) heard the Aelita Software Corporation case, in which the corporation...

On April 3 this year, a draft amending the Civil Code of the Russian Federation — one of the cornerstones of Russia's legal system — was introduced into the State Duma. The draft represented the work of more than 4 years for teams of legislators and lawyers, running to 461 pages, encompassing the most significant revision to civil legislation in a generation, with...

Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Wednesday that the European Union can send experts to assess both the medical state of his jailed predecessor Yulia Tymoshenko and the legal process that led to her conviction and seven-year sentence. BRUSSELS — Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Wednesday that the European Union can send experts to assess both the medical state of his jailed predecessor Yulia...

In essence, the main purpose of any M&A transaction is not only the transfer of title to an asset, but the allocation of risks associated with the acquired asset between the seller and the buyer. Various legal tools have been developed throughout the long history of international M&A transactions to properly allocate such risks: the due diligence investigation of target companies, warranties and indemnities, disclosure letters, purchase price adjustments...

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... management (Chapter 207); and a right of restricted possession of a land plot (Article 2971). The authors of the draft law believe that, by introducing a large number of the new rights, they will achieve their aim of eliminating the haphazard nature of legal regulation, increasing the stability of the economy, and protecting the rights and lawful interests of real right holders. We wish to draw attention to a number of problems that may arise in the decisions of courts and administrative bodies if the...

... issued letter No. 03-08-13/1, changing the authorities' view of what constitutes a beneficial owner as well as how eurobond interest is taxed.  Eurobonds are bonds issued by a Russian company through a European bank or special purpose vehicle, as only a legal entity created in accordance with European security legislation can issue bonds listed on a stock exchange. For more than 15 years, the Russian tax authorities have viewed the term "beneficial owner," a fixture of many double taxation...

Russian legislation, including the existing legal framework for implementing public-private partnership ("PPP") projects, has traditionally had some significant "deviations" from the common worldwide practice, which has often made foreign investors think twice before coming...

... Distribution business functions, setting up and management of the division working process; target setting and follow-up, training and coaching direct reports - Setting up of permanent establishment operations model (sales through the company’s Russian legal entity), price formation, drawing up of business processes and documents flow <p><b>Logistics Manager</b><br>ORION CORPORATION, Moscow. Rep. Office OOO “ORION PHARMA”<br>- Leading the bonded customs warehouse set...

... piracy over the Internet and enforcement generally," the U.S. Trade Representative said in a report. Russia was praised in the report for establishing a court on intellectual property rights that will start operating in February 2013 and taking legal actions against infringing websites and social networks like Vkontakte.ru, which provide an environment for illegal file sharing. Notably, Savyolovsky Market in Moscow is no longer regarded as the notorious piracy lair it once was, after measures...

... minister's office. Gone are the full-length mirror and the shiny artificial apple tree. Fyodorov completed his post-graduate studies in Moscow's State and Law Institute the same year, 1985, as Larisa Brycheva, whom President Vladimir Putin reappointed as his legal aide last week. Another fellow student was Dzhakhan Pollyeva, a longtime Kremlin aide and State Duma chief of staff since January. - Nikolai Fyodorov (Íèêîëàé Âàñèëüåâè÷ Ô¸äîðîâ) was born on May 9, 1958 in Chedino, Mariinsky Posad District, Chuvashia...

... extended to all of those in Russia and other countries who regularly violate human rights, and not just those rights concerning physical inviolability. For example, such measures could be extended to cover all of those who abuse the fundamental right of legal due process, such as the right to a fair trial. This would highlight the case of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whose political ambitions were the main reason he was singled out by the authorities and sentenced to jail, and who has been...

... laws, arbitrary and punitive tax inspections and biased court decisions. Another major obstacle for foreign investors is the bureaucratic delays when they try to obtain dozens of useless permits. Also at the top of the list of investor complaints are legal risks. The legal environment in Russia is generally portrayed as chaotic, and it is difficult to disagree with this assessment. What's more, there are too many contradictions between federal and local laws, and there is a lack of laws governing...

... reading. The vote was 226-207 with one abstention. But the Duma’s Committee on Constitutional Law and State Building introduced changes ahead of the second reading that would lower the fines to 300,000 rubles for individuals and 600,000 rubles for legal entities, RIA-Novosti reported Wednesday. Those penalties would be exceptions, while the current fines of 5,000 rubles for individual violators and 50,000 rubles for legal entities would remain the norm, the new changes stipulate. In discussing...

... operators expected the number of foreign tourists coming in by boat to soar after the government passed a law in July allowing small foreign ships to enter Russian waterways and their passengers to stay in the country for 72 hours without visas. But the legal change made little impact on the number of incoming tourists. "The decision itself was good, but there is currently no infrastructure for tourism on the Volga or other rivers," said Igor Yelfimov, deputy governor of the Yaroslavl region...

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