Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 16.01.2007

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 26 of January 11, 2007 on the Improvement of the State Regulation of the Import to the Russian Federation and Export from the Russian Federation of Precious Metals and Precious Stones

Export from the Russian Federation in the customs regime of export of natural diamonds (except for unique natural diamonds and natural diamonds of "bort" and "drilling" shapes regardless of their sizes and degree of processing, diamonds of mesh classes "-3+2" and lower), refined platinum and metals of the platinum group in the form of ingots, plates, powder and granules, as well as nuggets of precious stones, untreated precious metals, ores and concentrates of precious metals, raw materials containing precious metals, waste and scrap of precious metals is permitted without quantity restrictions on the basis of licenses issued by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia.

The Decree is entered into force from the day of its signing.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 8 of January 15, 2007 on the Procedure of Paying out to Participants of the State Program of Assistance of Voluntary Resettlement to the Russian Federation of Compatriots Living Abroad and Members of Their Families of the Monthly Allowance in the Absence of Incomes from Employment, Entrepreneurial and Other Activities

Participants of the state program of assistance of voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of compatriots living abroad and members of their families moving jointly for permanent residence to the Russian Federation are entitled for a monthly allowance in the absence of incomes from employment, entrepreneurial and other activities not prohibited by the legislation of the Russian Federation in the period until they obtain the citizenship of the Russian Federation, however, not more than for six months.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 7 of January 15, 2007 on the Procedure of Paying out of the Lumpsum Allowance for Resettling to the Participants of the State Program of Assistance of Voluntary Resettlement to the Russian Federation of Compatriots Living Abroad and Members of Their Families

Participants of the state program moving to category A territory are expected to get Rbl 60,000 and members of their families Rbl 20,000; participants of the state program moving to category B territory - Rbl 40,000 and members of their families Rbl 15,000.

The Decision is entered into force from the day of its official publication and applies to legal relations emerging from January 1, 2007.

Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets No. 06-131/pz-n of November 21, 2006 on the Amendments to the Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets of Russia No. 05-15/pz-n of April 20, 2005 on the Delimitation of Authority of the State Registration of Issues (Additional Issues) of Emission Securities between the Federal Service for Financial Markets and Its Territorial Bodies

According to the amendments, the Federal Service for Financial Markets will register the issues (additional issues) of emission securities placed through closed subscription, with the total volume of the nominal cost of each of them being greater than Rbl 200 million (earlier, Rbl 100 million), as well as emission securities of issuers with the amount of the registered capital as of the moment of endorsement of the decision on the issue (additional issue) of emission securities being Rbl 1 billion or greater (earlier, Rbl 500 million).

Territorial bodies of the Federal Service for Financial Markets will register issues (additional issues) of emission securities of issuers located on the territory covered by the appropriate territorial bodies of the Federal Service for Financial Markets.

Registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on December 28, 2006. Reg. No. 8693.