Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 20.03.2008

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 351 of March 17, 2008 on the Measures to Ensure Information Security of the Russian Federation in the Cases of Use of Information Telecommunication Networks of International Information Exchange

It is not permitted to connect information systems, information telecommunication networks and computers used for storage, processing or transfer of information comprising the state secret or information belonging to the state bodies and comprising the service secret to information telecommunication networks permitting to transfer information abroad, including the international computer network Internet.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 175 of March 17, 2008 on the Benefits Granted to Institutions and Enterprises of the Criminal Execution System and Organisations of Invalids Involved in the Placing of Orders for Supplies of Commodities, Carrying out Works, Rendering Services for the State and Municipal Needs

Endorses the lists of commodities (works, services) permitting to grant benefits to institutions and enterprises of the criminal execution system or organisations of invalids for the placed orders.

Letter of the Central Bank of Russia No. 24-T of March 13, 2008 on the Improvement of the Efficiency of Work to Prevent Doubtful Operations

In the recent time, there is a significant growth of volumes of monetary resources in foreign currencies and roubles transferred by residents to non-residents in the form of advance payments under contracts of import of commodities on the terms of commercial crediting. There are numerous cases of violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the course of such operations.

Information Letter of the Central Bank of Russia No. 13 of February 29, 2008 "Summary of the Practice of Application of the Federal Law on the Combating of Legalisation (Laundering) of Incomes Obtained in a Criminal Way and Financing of Terrorism and the Normative Acts of the Bank of Russia Adopted in Pursuance of It"

Obligatory control applies to: payments in the framework of the contact of financial leasing; operations of entry of monetary resources on the account (deposit) or writing off from the account (deposit) of the legal entity; transactions of purchase and sale of precious metals and stones; operations of interest-free loans granted by a legal entity not being a credit organisation to a natural person and/or another legal entity, as well as the getting of such loan, if the lender and borrower are the clients of the same credit organisation.