Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 31.03.2025

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science No. 78/238 of February 6, 2025 - Those who interrupted their studies abroad can take school exams in the form of midterm assessment

Federal Law No. 10-FZ of of February 27, 2025 on amending Articles 21 and 70 of the Federal Law on State Registration of Real Estate - Banks have simplified the procedure for processing electronic documents during state registration of real estate

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 450-r of February 26, 2025 - The RF Government will continue to help Russian producers in export markets under the Made in Russia program

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 49 of February 18, 2025 - on establishing Requirements for the Composition and Content of Traffic Management Documentation

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 31 of February 3, 2025 - on establishing the Procedure for Developing and Approving Traffic Management Projects for Federal Highways or Their Sections, and Amendments to the Said Traffic Management Projects

Federal Law No. 11-FZ of February 28, 2025 - on ratification of the Convention on the International Organization for Marine Aids to Navigation

Federal Law No. 23-FZ of February 28, 2025 - on amendments to the Federal Law "On Personal Data" and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation: the personal data of security officials to be processed in accordance with a special procedure.

Federal Law No. 22-FZ of February 28, 2025 - on amendments to the Federal Law "On Concession Agreements": unitary enterprises and budgetary institutions are prohibited from being concessionaires.

Federal Law No. 19-FZ of February 28, 2025 - on amendments to Articles 340 and 342 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation: the rate of mineral extraction tax on concentrates with precious metals is reduced to 6%.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 226 of February 26, 2025 - on determining the Procedure for Notifying the Authorised Bank of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation of the Details of a Special Account of a Foreign Agent

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 227 of February 26, 2025 - on the case of writing off funds from a special account of a foreign agent

Federal Law No. 32-FZ of February 28, 2025 - on amendments to Article 62 of the Federal Law "On State Registration of Real Estate": Rosfinmonitoring will request data on real estate confidentially.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 470-r of February 28, 2025: the Cabinet of Ministers established the criterion for classifying organisations as agro-aggregators. A criterion has been determined envisaging that organisations whose main activities relate to the circulation of farm products must meet in order to provide them with state support measures, if they are recognised as agro-aggregators.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 446-r of February 26, 2025: foreign agents must open special accounts with Sberbank.

Information from the Federal Antimonopoly Service, dated March 1, 2025: FAS reminds retail chains of the need to review supply agreements

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 239 of February 28, 2025 - on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1901 of November 1, 2021: introduction of new gas supply rules has been postponed again. The new gas supply rules to come into force on September 1, 2025 (not on March 1, 2025, as it was previously provided for)

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-14/1119@ of December 10, 2024 - on amending Appendix No. 1 to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-14/1268@ of December 28, 2022: the list of grounds for verifying the reliability of information included into the Unified State Register of Legal Entities has been shortened.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 251 of March 3, 2025 - approval of the Rules for banking support of agreements on the implementation of events and projects provided for in Items 3 and 4 of Part 2 of Article 3 of the Federal Law "On the Advanced Research Foundation"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 248 of March 1, 2025 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 144 of February 13, 2024: start your business online - the experiment has been extended until March 1, 2026.

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated March 5, 2025 - on the average price level for Urals oil for February 2025

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 266 of March 4, 2025 - on measures of state regulation of tariffs in relation to the transportation of passengers by public rail transport in long-distance traffic and provision of services for the use of public rail transport infrastructure in the implementation of passenger transportation by public rail transport in suburban traffic

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated March 7, 2025 - on the commission for issuing foreign currency cash to individuals: the ban on charging citizens a commission for issuing currency from accounts or deposits has been retained for six months.

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated March 7, 2025 - the Bank of Russia has retained restrictions on the withdrawal of foreign currency cash for another six months, until September 9, 2025

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 291 of March 7, 2025 - approval of the Regulations on implementation of measures to organise vocational training and additional vocational education of certain categories of citizens

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated March 10, 2025 - average prices for the previous tax period for the relevant types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon field, for the period from February 1 to February 28, 2025

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 287 of March 7, 2025 - approval of the indexation coefficient from April 1, 2025 for social pensions

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 179n of November 29, 2024 - approval of the federal accounting standard for public finances "Budget reporting"

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 11-P of March 11, 2025 on the case of verifying the constitutionality of Article 322 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court has named the conditions for joint liability of residents of communal apartments for debts for electricity

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 257 of March 3, 2025 - A mechanism to block the sale of counterfeit or expired drugs will be launched on June 1

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 141 of March 10, 2025 on amendments to the Doctrine of Food Security of the Russian Federation - The foundations for ensuring global food security have been established

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 180n of November 29, 2024 on approval of the federal standard of accounting for public finances "Accounting (Financial) Reporting of State (Municipal) Budgetary and Autonomous Institutions"

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 11n of February 11, 2025 on amending the Procedure for compiling and maintaining a consolidated budget schedule of the federal budget and budget schedules of the main administrators of federal budget funds, approved by Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 39n of April 4, 2024 - The rules for adjusting the consolidated schedule and budget commitment limits have been clarified

Information of the Bank of Russia dated March 12, 2025 New experimental mode for cryptocurrency transactions

Information of the Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation dated March 12, 2025 Self-prohibition on loans is a reliable way to protect yourself from fraudsters.

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 90 of February 19, 2025 on the suspension of Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 380 of July 9, 2024 - The introduction of the list of contagious animal diseases that have arisen in the territories of foreign states bordering the Russian Federation on land, in which disinfection of vehicles at the border is carried out at checkpoints across the State Border of the Russian Federation, has been postponed

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 26 of March 11, 2025 on amending the Combined Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union - The EAEU CN FEA will include separate headings for sheared and carbonized wool depending on its thickness

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 145 of March 14, 2025 - amendments to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1103 of December 24, 2024 "On the Specifics of State Registration of Legal Entities Located on the Territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye Oblast and Kherson Oblast, and the Rights of Such Legal Entities to Real Estate": until the end of 2027, a ban has been established for registering the rights of citizens from hostile countries to real estate located in new regions without a special permit

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 170 of March 4, 2025 - approval of the Procedure for Conducting Testing in a State or Municipal General Education Organization for Knowledge of the Russian Language Sufficient to Master Educational Programs of Primary, Basic and Secondary General Education, Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 293 of March 7, 2025 - on the procedure for handling municipal solid waste: from September 1, 2025, for a period of six years, the new rules for handling municipal solid waste and a model contract form for the provision of municipal solid waste handling services are introduced.

Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 851-P of January 30, 2025 - on the establishment of mandatory requirements for credit institutions and foreign banks operating in the Russian Federation through their branches to ensure the protection of information when carrying out banking activities in order to counteract the transfer of funds without the client's consent: the Bank of Russia has updated the requirements for the protection of information to prevent fraudulent activities.

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated March 19, 2025 - on the rates of export customs duties on oil and certain categories of goods produced from oil for the period from April 1 to April 30, 2025

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 329 of March 18, 2025 - on some specific features of regulation of housing relations in 2025 - 2026

Federal Law No. 35-FZ of March 20, 2025 - amendments to certain legal acts of the Russian Federation: property privatisation, land relations and corporate law are being adjusted

Federal Law No. 37-FZ of March 20, 2025 - amendments to Article 211 of the Code of Administrative Proceedings of the Russian Federation: a case is defined when, when challenging a regulatory legal act, the court may take preliminary protective measures not specified in the Code of Administrative Proceedings.

Federal Law No. 38-FZ of March 20, 2025 - amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation: criminal cases may be combined if a new crime is revealed

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 159 of March 20, 2025 - on the specifics of the legal status of certain categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation, amendment and invalidation of certain decrees of the President of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 33-FZ of March 20, 2025 - on the general principles of organising local self-government in the unified system of public authority

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated March 21, 2025 - the Bank of Russia has retained restrictions on the transfer of funds abroad for another six months

Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation No. 5571 of November 27, 2024 - on approval of the model form of the agreement on information interaction between the operator of the state information system for monitoring the circulation of goods subject to mandatory labelling with identification means, and an executive authority of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation responsible for exercising regional state control (supervision) in the field of retail sale of alcoholic and alcohol-containing products

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated March 21, 2025 - the Bank of Russia has decided to keep the key rate at 21.00% per annum

List of instructions following the meeting on the development of unmanned aircraft systems (approved by the President of the Russian Federation on March 21, 2025)

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 318 of March 18, 2025 - on the state information system for monitoring the fulfillment by communications operators of their duties when providing communications services

Information of the Bank of Russia dated March 24, 2025 The Bank of Russia has retained restrictions on transfers abroad of funds of non-residents from unfriendly countries from brokers' and trustees' accounts

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 615-r of March 15, 2025 The Cabinet of Ministers has defined measures to support and protect families, strengthen the institution of family and marriage

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 318 of March 18, 2025 on the state information system for monitoring the performance of duties by communications operators in the provision of communications services

Information of the Bank of Russia dated March 21, 2025 The Bank of Russia has retained restrictions on transfers of funds abroad for another six months

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-15/97@ of February 14, 2025 on approval of the format and procedure for submitting the registers to the tax authority provided for in Item 11.1 of Article 201 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation in electronic form - On the calculation of excise taxes in relation to the pharmaceutical substance of alcohol

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. 44-19/1761 of March 6, 2025 - The self-prohibition does not apply to previously issued credit cards. The self-prohibition established by the citizen applies to the conclusion of new consumer loan (credit) agreements, the conclusion of which occurs after the establishment of the prohibition

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 31 of March 24, 2025 on approval of the rates of import customs duties of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to latex for the manufacture of carpets - Zero import duty rate on latex for the manufacture of carpets has been extended

Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 75n of February 17, 2025 on approval of the procedure for considering a notice of the need to amend the protocol for a clinical trial of a medicinal product for human use - It will be possible to agree on amendments to a drug study protocol electronically

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 14-P of March 27, 2025 on the case of verifying the constitutionality of Item 1 of Article 1161 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court has named a situation in which it is possible to increase the inheritance shares of heirs under a will

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 365 of March 25, 2025 on approval of the Rules for the registration of non-profit organisations, the founder (participant) of which is the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 362 of March 25, 2025 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1728 of September 30, 2022 - Entry of trucks from Moldova has been prohibited.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 372 of March 26, 2025 on conducting an experiment to increase the level of security of state information systems of federal executive bodies and institutions subordinate to them

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 381 of March 27, 2025 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1140 of November 7, 2016 - Disinfection of vehicles at the border has been postponed until September 1, 2026