A special recording procedure for certain securities will be in effect until the end of 2025
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Alfa-Bank and MSP Bank have become participants in the financial assistance mechanism for the implementation of joint cooperation projects by EAEU countries in industrial sectors.
Banks must ensure the protection of information not only during money transfers, but also during other transactions within the framework of their activities. It was decided to update the requirements. They also apply to foreign banks that operate in Russia through their branches.
Authorised banks as currency control agents are obliged to exercise control over currency transactions carried out by clients for the legality of their execution and to refuse to carry out illegal currency transactions.
March 20, 2025 is the deadline for companies to submit notifications of controlled foreign companies for 2024. A notification of a CFC must be sent regardless of the financial result of such foreign company.
On March 18, 2025, the State Duma adopted a law on ratification of the Protocol on Amendments to the Treaty on the Establishment of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development.
The Bank of Russia communicates the following: restrictions on foreign currency cash withdrawals to remain in force until September 9, 2025.
The ban on charging citizens a commission when issuing foreign currency from accounts or deposits has been extended for banks for another six months, until September 9, 2025.
It is planned to allow a limited group of Russian investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. For this purpose, a special experimental legal regime will be established for three years.
The European Union plans to ban import of food grown using banned pesticides.
The Government has approved a new list of alcohol-containing drugs (192 names for human use and 18 names for veterinary medicine), the production, manufacturing and (or) circulation of which is not covered by the Law on state regulation of the production and circulation of alcohol.
The RF President has restricted the ability of persons from unfriendly countries to make transactions with shares of Russian LLCs.
Some changes are of technical nature and aimed at bringing the laws on JSCs and LLCs into line with Chapter 9.1 "Decisions of Meetings" of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, including in terms of the terminology used.
On March 1, 2025, amendments to Article 28 of the Law on Advertising came into force, adjusting the requirements for contents of advertising of services related to provision of a consumer loan (credit).
It is decided to conduct experiments on labelling the following goods with identification means:
From March 1, 2026, it will be prohibited to use e-learning and distance learning technologies in the implementation of professional educational programs in medical and pharmaceutical education - except for cases determined by the Federal State Educational Standard or standard additional professional programs in the field of health protection and the implementation of pharmaceutical activities.
It is planned to establish new values for the value of assets of financial organisations supervised by the Bank of Russia, above which the preliminary consent of the antimonopoly authority is required for certain transactions and other actions of such organisations.
Notification of a controlled foreign company must be sent regardless of the financial performance of such foreign company.
If federal laws or other regulatory legal acts do not establish requirements for the qualifications of information security employees in the credit and financial sphere, the professional standard "Information Security Specialist in the Credit and Financial Sphere" is advisory in nature and can be used to determine the requirements for the qualifications of employees.
Credit institutions have the right to independently determine the requirements for the level of education of information security employees, provided that there are no corresponding requirements for qualifications in the legislation.
The Bank of Russia plans to issue recommendations on the use of the said professional standard in corporate HR policy.
It was decided to conduct experiments on marking the following with identification means:
From September 1, 2025, it is planned to put into effect new rules for the installation, operation and modernization of technical means to counter threats to the stability, security and integrity of the functioning of the Internet and public communications network in Russia. The procedures are performed by the radio-frequency service. In general, the rules will not change.
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