It is reported that Protocol No. 15 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms shortens the time limit for filing an application with the European Court of Human Rights after exhaustion of domestic remedies - from 6 to 4 months. This new rule shall enter into force on February 1, 2022.

The Bank of Russia explains that bank account agreements with minors aged from 14 to 18 shall be concluded only with the written consent of their legal representatives. Such representatives shall also be entitled to access information on the bank accounts opened by their wards, as well as deposits and operations performed, even if constituting bank secrets.

According to Federal Law No. 305-FZ (adopted in July 2021), the declaration of real estate items belonging to organisations and taxable with property tax at cadastral value shall be cancelled from 2023. That means that taxpayers that are Russian organisations shall, starting from reports for 2022, not include information on facilities, the tax base for which is determined as their cadastral value, into the property tax declaration.

The Federal Tax Service has updated the accreditation procedure, making changes in information contained in the state register of accredited branches, or representative offices of foreign legal entities, termination of the accreditation of a branch, or representative office of a foreign legal entity operating in the Russian Federation. Due to this fact, new forms and formats of documents used in such procedures, as well as the requirements for their formalisation, are approved.

According to orders of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, first-aid kits should be equipped, inter alia, with manuals for first aid. In late August 2021, such manuals were developed (and adopted) for four first-aid kits, including first-aid kits for providing first aid to employees. Each manual contains the following:

The Federal Tax Service has updated the accreditation procedure, amending the information included in the state register of accredited branches, representative offices of foreign legal entities, termination of the accreditation of a branch, representative office of a foreign legal entity operating in the Russian Federation.

From September 1, 2021, childcare sick leave under the age of 8, regardless of the parent's insurance record, is paid at the rate of 100% of the average earnings.

The Federal Agency for Tourism decided to extend the period until September 14, 2021 during which a tourism service can be paid for in order to receive cashback when travelling in Russia. This deadline was to expire on August 31.

The update of the rules for money transfers is due, among other things, to the implementation of the international standard for financial messages ISO 20022 in the national payment system.

This innovation will affect those who have a confirmed account on the Unified Portal of Public Services.