A special recording procedure for certain securities will be in effect until the end of 2025

Learn more

Garant – Free Online Demo

Legal information system for your company.
Simply click on the button «Start working» and the system Legislation of Russia in English will be available for unlimited time.

Daily Monitoring of the Legislation

Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 20.05.2020

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 197n of November 25, 2019 – amendments to the Procedure for Formation and Application of Budget Classification Codes of the Russian Federation. Codes are envisaged for expenses for the professional development of civil servants, compensation for pensioners for relocation from the Far North, development of information and telecommunication infrastructure of schools, etc.

Federal Law No. 512-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amending Article 12 of the Federal Law on Protection of Citizens' Health from Tobacco Smoking and Consequences of Tobacco Use: special smoking areas will be back to airports

Federal Law No. 510-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amending Article 2 of the Federal Law on Use of Cash Register Machines in Settlements in the Russian Federation: municipal cultural institutions will be allowed not to use cash registers

Federal Law No. 493-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences: fines are envisaged for speculating with theater or museum tickets

Federal Law No. 492-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on Licensing Certain Types of Activities

Federal Law No. 490-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Article 9 of the Federal Law on the National Payment System: e-wallet operators shall inform customers of account blocking

Federal Law No. 483-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Articles 7 and 11 of the Federal Law on Consumer Credit (Loan) and also Article 9.1 of the Federal Law on Mortgage (Pledge): it will be possible to return part of the insurance cover in case of early (pre-schedule) repayment of the loan

Federal Law No. 478-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation in as much as it concerns implementation of the register (electronic) model for rendering public services involved in licensing certain types of activities

Federal Law No. 475-FZ of December 27, 2019 on making amendments into the Federal Law on the Circulation of Medicines: interchangeability of medicines, import of unregistered drugs, etc.

Federal Law No. 474-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Article 25.1 of the Federal Law on Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Russian Federation and also Article 8 of the Federal Law on Procurement of Goods, Work, Services by Certain Types of Legal Entities

Federal Law No. 473-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Housing Code of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law on the Fund for Assistance to the Reform of Housing Utilities

Federal Law No. 468-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Viticulture and Winemaking in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 463-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Article 1 of the Federal Law on the Minimum Wage: from January 1, 2020, the minimum wage will be 12 130 roubles per month

Federal Law No. 462-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on Circulation of Medicines and the Federal Law on Amendments to the Federal Law on Circulation of Medicines: the transition period for introduction of drug labelling has been extended

Federal Law No. 454-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amending the Federal Law on the Securities Market and also Article 73 of the Federal Law on Enforcement Proceedings in terms of improving the regulation of professional activities in the securities market: the procedure for conducting brokerage activities has been changed

Federal Law No. 452-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on the Fundamentals of Protection of Citizens’ Health in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 451-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on the Special Assessment of Working Conditions

Federal Law No. 449-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending the Federal Law on the Contract System in the Sphere of Procurement of Goods, Work, Services to Ensure State and Municipal Needs

Federal Law No. 445-FZ of December 27, 2019 on insurance rates for compulsory social insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases for 2020 and for the planning period 2021 and 2022

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 741n of November 28, 2019 on making amendments into Appendices Nos 1 to 3 to the Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 832n of December 24, 2018 on distribution among subjects of the Russian Federation of quotas (as approved by the Government of the Russian Federation for 2019) for issuance to foreign citizens arriving into the Russian Federation on the basis of a visa, of work permits and invitations to enter the Russian Federation for carrying out labour activities

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1842 of December 26, 2019 on the Procedure for the manufacturing state registration plates of vehicles

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1897 of December 27, 2019 on approval of the Regulations on federal state control over observance of the rules of technical operation of light railway vehicles and the rules for using light rail

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 839 of December 25, 2019 on Amendments to appendices Nos 1 and 2 to the Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 291 of May 10, 2016: the Ministry of Economic Development increased the fees for providing information contained in the Uniform State Cadastral Register

Federal Constitutional Law No. 6-FKZ of December 27, 2019 – special tariffs for gas supply in Crimea and Sevastopol will be valid until July 1, 2021

Federal Law No. 495-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amendments to Articles 6.1 and 39.1 of the Federal Law on the Securities Market and the Federal Law on State Regulation of Arrangement and Holding of Gambling and on Amending Certain Legislative Acts acts of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 501-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences. There are new articles on liability in the sphere of circulation of precious metals and gemstones

Federal Law No. 505-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation on Subsoil

Federal Law No. 498-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation: participants to the “capital amnesty” obtained extra protection against unjustified criminal prosecution

Federal Law No. 488-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amendments to Articles 26 and 67.1 of the Water Code of the Russian Federation: powers to prevent the negative impact of inland sea waters will be transferred to the regions

Federal Law No. 522-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amending Article 1 of the Federal Law on the Total Number of Justices of the Peace and Number of Court Sites in the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 491-FZ of December 27, 2019: when applying to the court with a claim for awarding compensation for violation of conditions of detention in custody, it will be necessary to pay a state duty

Federal Law No. 513-FZ of December 27, 2019: state authorities and institutions do not need a special bank account for settlements with a payment agent when accepting payments

Federal Law No. 481-FZ of December 27, 2019: new rules for turnover of pharmaceutical alcohol

Federal Law No. 482-FZ of December 27, 2019 an amending the Federal Law on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)

Federal Law No. 458-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amendments to Article 27 of the Federal Law on State Regulation of the production and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcohol and alcohol-containing products and on limitation of consumption (drinking) of alcohol products

Federal Law No. 457-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amendments to Articles 9 and 12 of the Federal Law on the Currency Regulation and Currency Control

Federal Law No. 460-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amending Article 422 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation: payments to employees of enforcement bodies are not subject to insurance premiums

Federal Law No. 453-FZ of December 27, 2019: amendments to the Federal Law on Environmental Expert Examination and the Federal Law on Protection of Environment

Federal Law No. 470-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amendments to Article 74.1 of Part One of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation: banks being reorganised will be able to issue tax payment guarantees

Federal Law No. 472-FZ of December 27, 2019 on amendments to the Town-Planning Code of the Russian Federation and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 517-FZ of December 27, 2019 on Amending the Federal Law on the State Defence Order

Federal Law No. 480-FZ of December 27, 2019: amendments to the Fundamentals of the Legislation of the Russian Federation on Notaries and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 516-FZ of December 27, 2019: amendments to the Federal Law on the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law on the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 503-FZ of December 27, 2019: amendments to Article 56 of the Air Code of the Russian Federation and Article 14 of the Federal Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1954 of December 31, 2019 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1556 of December 14, 2018 – Regulations on the System for Supervision over Circulation of Medicines shall be adjusted from July 1, 2020

Order of the Federal Service for Supervision over Education and Science No. 1628 of November 29, 2019 – approval of application forms for conducting state accreditation of educational activities, re-issuing a certificate of state accreditation of educational activities, issuing a temporary certificate of state accreditation of educational activities, etc.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-4-15/27217@ of December 30, 2019 on registries confirming deductions in accordance with Article 201 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Information of the Bank of Russia dated January 10, 2020 – LLC CB Neklis-Bank: the licence for banking operations is revoked

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 07-04-09/102563 of December 27, 2019: recommendations to audit organisations, individual auditors, auditors on conducting an audit of the annual financial statements of organisations for 2019

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 1-P of January 13, 2020 in the case of the verification of the constitutionality of parts 2 and 3 of article 13, paragraph 5 of part 5 of article 19 and part 1 of Article 20 of the Federal Law on the Fundamentals of Citizens' Health Protection in the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of citizen R. D. Svechnikova

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 237n of December 18, 2019 on approval of the federal standard for internal financial audit "The grounds and procedure for organisation, cases and the procedure for transferring powers to carry out internal financial audits"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1556 of December 14, 2018 on approval of the Regulations on the circulation monitoring system of drugs for medical use

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of January 10, 2020 on the average price of Urals oil for December 2019

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of January 10, 2020 on average prices for the expired tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon materials extracted from the new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from December 1 to December 31, 2019

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of January 15, 2020 on the Export Customs Duties on Crude Oil and Certain Categories of Goods Manufactured from Oil for the Period from February 1 till February 29, 2020

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-20/381@ of July 26, 2019 on approval of the methodology for the examination of models of cash register equipment and facilities of the fiscal data operator

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 13 of January 15, 2020 on amending the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the Disclosure of Information on Incomes, on Property and Property-Related Obligations by Citizens Aspiring to Occupy a Federal Civil Service Post, and by Federal Civil Servants

Information of the Bank of Russia of January 17, 2020 - the licence for banking operations was revoked from public joint stock company CB "PFS-BANK"

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 793 of December 10, 2019 on Amending Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 684 of October 21, 2019 on the establishment of deflator coefficients for 2020 - deflator coefficients for this year have been reduced

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 907 of December 4, 2019: the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation are approved with respect to rendering public services for registration, issuance, extension of validity and restoration of visas to foreign citizens and stateless persons

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 2 of January 14, 2020 established the rate of import customs duty with respect to stamping foil

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 218n of December 10, 2019 on amendments to Order of the RF Ministry of Finance No. 34n of February 28, 2018 on the approval of the federal accounting standard "non-produced assets" for public sector organisations

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 217n of December 10, 2019 approves amendments to Order of the RF Ministry of Finance No. 146n of June 29, 2018 on the approval of the federal accounting standard "Concession Agreements" for public sector organisations

Draft Law No. 885214-7 on adjusting the Constitution of the Russian Federation in order to improve the regulation of certain issues related to arrangement of the public authority (proposed by the President of the Russian Federation)

Information issued by the Federal Tax Service on January 20, 2020: data are published for calculating amounts of mineral extraction tax, excess-profit tax, as well as excises on crude oil for December 2019

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 3-P of January 21, 2020 on the case of verification of constitutionality of provisions of Article 54 of the Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of a citizen: the Constitutional Court allowed lawyers of incompetent citizens to appeal against court decisions without a power of attorney

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 232n of December 13, 2019 on the approval of the Procedure for implementation of treasury security for obligations with treasury support of targeted funds

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 20 of January 21, 2020 on the approval of the National Food Security Doctrine

Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation No. 1923 of December 10, 2019 on the approval of the list of identity documents (including documents proving the identity of foreign citizens or stateless persons in the Russian Federation) and allowing to determine the age of a person wishing to purchase an entrance ticket, get an invitation or another document granting the right to attend a spectacular event (including showing films at film and video services), through which information products are distributed containing information prohibited for distribution among children, or to visit such event, as well as the age of a person wishing to purchase or rent information products that contain information prohibited for distribution among children

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 21 of January 21, 2020 on the structure of federal executive authorities

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5286-U of October 14, 2019 on the Procedure for indication of the type of income code in money transfer requests

Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation No. 4176 of November 8, 2019 on the approval of the procedure and form for issuing a document confirming the purpose of imported goods specified in subitem 22 of article 150 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, and the procedure for issuing a document confirming the purpose of the goods being sold referred to in subitem 16 of Item 1 of Article 164 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Information of the Bank of Russia dated January 24, 2020: the licenñe for banking operations with JSC NVKbank was revoked

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 4-P of January 23, 2020 on the case of verification of constitutionality of Part 1 of Article 63 of the Federal Law on Service in the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Russian Federation and Amendment of Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation (in connection with the complaint of a citizen V.A. Chistyakov)

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-21/566@ of November 12, 2019 – approval of notification forms for providing tax benefits for transport tax, land tax, property tax for individuals, notification of refusal to provide tax benefits for transport tax, land tax, property tax on individuals, as well as on amendments to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-2/149@ of April 15, 2015

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of January 10, 2020 on the average price of Urals oil for December 2019

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of January 10, 2020 on average prices for the expired tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon materials extracted from the new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from December 1 to December 31, 2019

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 40n of December 31, 2019 – approves the Operating Chart of Accounts for centralised accounting, and also the Procedure for its application

Decision of the Board of the Pension Fund of Russia No. 730p of December 25, 2019 – approves the form and format of submitting information on the registered person’s labour activities, as well as the procedure for filling in the forms of such information

Order of the Federal Labour and Employment Service No. 232 of August 23, 2019 – approves the Administrative Regulations for rendering by the Federal Labour and Employment Service public services related to the state examination of job conditions in order to assess the correctness of granting guarantees and compensations for work with harmful and (or) dangerous working conditions for employees of organisations belonging to groups of companies (corporations, holdings or other associations of legal entities) that have branches, representative offices and (or) subsidiaries and acting on the permanent basis on the territory of several subjects of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 2 of January 24, 2020 on additional measures to prevent the entry and spread of a new coronavirus infection caused by 2019-nCoV

Regulations of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Bank of Russia No. 239n, 707-P of December 19, 2019 on the Procedure for Treasury Securing of Obligations in Banking of Government Contracts

Federal Law No. 5-FZ of January 28, 2020 on amending Part One of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 4-FZ of January 28, 2020 on amending Articles 161 and 163 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 3-FZ of January 28, 2020 on invalidation of Item 5 of part 4 of Article 28 of the Federal Law on Compulsory Medical Insurance in the Russian Federation

Order of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation No. 1n of January 9, 2020 - The Ministry of Healthcare has determined which medicines should be provided free of charge to patients with cardiovascular diseases

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 231n of December 13, 2019 - The Ministry of Finance clarified the rules for submission of accounting for public sector organisations

Decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russia No. 1 of January 28, 2020 on approval of the list of judicial mediators

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 5-P of January 28, 2020 - The Constitutional Court decided to amend the rules on the participation of lawyers among military pensioners in the obligatory pension insurance system

Review of judicial practice in resolving disputes related to the establishment of the requirements controlling a debtor and its affiliates in bankruptcy proceedings (approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on January 29, 2020)

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 140-r of January 30, 2020 - from January 31 the Russian-Chinese border will be temporarily closed

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 61 of January 29, 2020 on approval of the indexation coefficient of payments, benefits and compensations in 2020

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-21/646@ of December 20, 2019 on approval of the form, procedure for filling it in, format and procedure for submitting information on the land plot to the tax authority - the form of data on agricultural land plots not used for agricultural production is established

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-3/639@ of December 19, 2019 on amending Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-3/115@ of March 2, 2016 on Endorsing the Form of a Tax Calculation Concerning the Amounts of Income Paid Out to Foreign Organisations and Taxes Withheld, the Procedure for Preparation Thereof, and Also the Format for Filing a Tax Calculation Concerning the Amounts of Income Paid Out to Foreign Organisations and Taxes Withheld in Electronic Form

Order of the Federal National Guard Service No. 395 of November 30, 2019 on approval of the Administrative Regulation for the Federal National Guard Service of the Russian Federation on the implementation of federal state control (supervision) over compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of private security activity

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 17 of January 20, 2020 on deflator coefficients for the tax rate for extraction of mineral resources in coal mining

Information of the Bank of Russia of January 31, 2020 - the licence for banking operations of the JSCB "APABANK" (JSC) was revoked

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 6-P of January 30, 2020 in the case of the verification of the constitutionality of the third part of Article 6.1 of the Criminal-Procedural Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of the citizen E.R. Yurovskikh

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-9/645@ of December 20, 2019 - there is a form of complaint about acts of tax authorities, actions (omissions) of employees of these authorities

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-3/517@ of October 15, 2019 on approval of the tax return form for excise taxes on oilstock, the procedure for filling it in, as well as the format for submitting a tax return on excise taxes on oilstock in electronic form

Decision of the Board of the Pension Fund of Russia No. 485p of September 27, 2019 on approval of forms and formats of information used for registration of citizens in the system of individual record-keeping, and the Procedure for filling in the forms of specified information”

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 66 of January 31, 2020 on amending the list of diseases that are dangerous to other people

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 67 of January 31, 2020 on approval of the Rules for compensation for damage caused by heavy vehicles and on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation

Order of the Federal Labour and Employment Service No. 264 of September 23, 2019 – approves the Administrative Regulations for providing by the Federal Labour and Employment Service public services related to receiving and recording notifications of the start of entrepreneurial activities for rendering social services by legal entities and individual businessmen

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 242n of December 19, 2019 on amendments to be made into Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 124n of May 30, 2018 on the Approval the Federal Accounting Standard for Public Sector Organisations "Reserves. Disclosure of information on contingent liabilities and contingent assets"

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 250n of December 25, 2019 establishes the list of payments that are income-generating sources for budgets of the budget system of the Russian Federation for which the information necessary to pay them, including the amount payable, shall not be posted in the State Information System on State and Municipal Payments

Order of the Federal Service for the Alcohol Market Regulation No. 199 of August 12, 2019 – approves the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Service for the Alcohol Market Regulation on providing public services related to licensing the manufacturing and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcohol (except for retail sales) and alcohol-containing products, and licensing of production, storage, supply and retail of wine products made by agricultural farmers (organisations, individual businessmen, or peasant farms) recognised as such in accordance with the Federal Law on the Agriculture Development

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 206n of November 29, 2019 – approves amendments into the Procedure for Formation and Application of Budget Classification Codes of the Russian Federation, Their Structure and Appointment Principles Approved by Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 85n of June 6, 2019

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of February 3, 2020 on the average price for the Urals oil for January 2020

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 184n of November 15, 2019 – approves the federal accounting standard for public finances "Payments to the staff"

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 3 of January 31, 2020 on implementation of additional sanitary and anti-epidemic (preventive) measures to prevent the entry and spread of a new coronavirus infection caused by 2019-nCoV

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 78 of February 3, 2020 – establishes the criteria that shall be met by a person who intends to become a guarantor (Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 717 of August 19, 2013 that established the previous list of criteria shall be deemed null and void)

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 7-P of February 4, 2020 concerning the case of verifying constitutionality of Item 1 of the notes to Article 18.15 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences, part two of Article 67 of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation and paragraph one of Item 8 of Article 13 of the Federal Law on the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of a citizen: employers are not obliged to inform migration authorities of any change in a foreign employee’s position

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russia Federation No. 243n of December 19, 2019 on amending Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 274n of December 30, 2017 on Approval of the Federal Accounting Standard for Public Sector Organisations "Accounting Policy, Estimated Values and Errors"

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 253n of December 25, 2019 approves amendments to Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 257n of December 31, 2016 on the approval of the federal accounting standard for public sector organisations "Fixed assets"

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 241n of December 19, 2019 approves amendments to Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 256n of December 7, 2018 on the approval of the federal accounting standard for public sector organisations "Reserves"

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 251n of December 25, 2019 approves amendments to Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 37n of February 28, 2018 on the approval of the federal accounting standard for public sector organisations "Budget information in accounting (financial) statements"

Information of the Bank of Russia of February 7, 2020 – the Bank of Russia has decided to reduce the key rate by 25 basic points to 6.00 % per annum

Federal Law No. 16-FZ of February 6, 2020 approves amendments into the Federal Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation: foreign students can work in Russia without work permits

Federal Law No. 15-FZ of February 6, 2020 on making amendments into Articles 40.1 and 43.5 of the Federal Law on the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 14-FZ of February 6, 2020 on making amendments into Articles 10 and 21 of the Federal Law on Mobilisation Training and Mobilisation in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 13-FZ of February 6, 2020 on making amendments into the Housing Code of the Russian Federation: owners of premises in houses that are subject to resettlement shall be exempted from paying contributions for major (capital) repairs. Previously paid contributions shall be refunded

Federal Law No. 12-FZ of February 6, 2020 on making amendments into the Federal Law on Police: the police shall inform relatives of the victims of the assistance provided and in case of sending them to the hospital

Federal Law No. 10-FZ of February 6, 2020 on amending Article 86 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation: divorced parents shall together bear costs of providing children with housing

Federal Law No. 8-FZ of February 6, 2020 on amending Articles 346.43 and 346.45 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 9-FZ of February 6, 2020 on making amendments into Article 76 of the Federal Law on Education in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 7-FZ of February 6, 2020 on making amendments into the Federal Law on the Central Depository: the tariffs for services of the depository with respect to securities may be approved with at least 2/3 of the votes of the board of directors

Federal Law No. 6-FZ of February 6, 2020 on Amending Article 15 of the Federal Law on Security

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 23 of February 3, 2020 on the Approval Rates of Import Customs Duties of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with Respect to Certain Types of Molluscs and Krill Meat

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5365-U of December 23, 2019 on the procedure for monitoring the activities of bank payment agents by a money transfer operator

Order of the Federal Archival Agency No. 236 of December 20, 2019 on approval of the List of typical administrative archival documents generated in the course of activities of state bodies, local government bodies and organisations, indicating document retention period

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 101 of February 6, 2020 - the government allowed the cultivation of sleeping pills for industry and pharmaceuticals

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 211n of December 4, 2019 on approval of the Rules for the preparation and clarification of the programme for the development of federal accounting standards

Information of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision of February 7, 2020 - inappropriate maintenance and use of circus animals can be reported on the hotline of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 109 of February 7, 2020 on amending the Rules for organising the activities of multifunctional centres for the provision of state or municipal services - work schedule of multifunctional centres will become more convenient for citizens

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 855 of December 27, 2019 on approval of the List of remote localities and hard-to-reach territories and dates of holding the all-Russian Population Census in 2020 - There is a list of territories where the 2020 All-Russian Population Census will be carried out at a time different from the generally established ones

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 100 of February 6, 2020 - The Council of Ministers listed the rights and obligations of participants in internal financial control

Information of the Bank of Russia of February 11, 2020 on sales of foreign currency under the budget rule in connection with a planned purchase of a block of shares of Sberbank PJSC at the expense of the National Welfare Fund

Information of the Bank of Russia of February 11, 2020 - A draft law on the withdrawal of the Bank of Russia from the capital of Sberbank PJSC has been developed

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 220n of December 10, 2019 - On authorisation of expenditure at the expense of targeted funds by the treasury bodies

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 8-P of February 13, 2020 in the case of the verification of the constitutionality of Items 1 and 2 of Article 5 of the Federal Law on Municipal Service in the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court clarified that it is possible not to fill in the criminal record when one entries on the municipal service

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 115 of February 10, 2020 - The Council of Ministers determined which of the disabled people of group III will be able to use the places for free parking

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 126 of February 12, 2020 - The Council of Ministers determined the procedure for installing equipment to block the possibility of disconnecting the Internet

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 127 of February 12, 2020 on approval of the rules for centralized management of a public communication network

Order of the Federal Archival Agency No. 237 of December 20, 2019 - The Federal Archival Agency defines how to apply a new list of standard management archival documents

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of February 17, 2020 on the Export Customs Duties on Crude Oil and Certain Categories of Goods Manufactured from Oil for the Period from March 1 till March 31, 2020

Information of the Federal Tax Service of February 17, 2020 "Federal Tax Service explained in what cases it is possible to request information on receipts to natural persons‘ accounts” - The Federal Tax Service denied information to the media about the calculation of taxes on all unidentified receipts to citizens' bank cards

Federal Law No. 17-FZ of February 18, 2020 on ratification of the Protocol between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on amendments and additions to the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on the status and conditions of a combined Russian military base located on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic

Federal Law No. 19-FZ of February 18, 2020 on amending Article 5 of the Federal Law on Veterans: crimeans who served in the Ukrainian army may obtain the status of military service veterans

Federal Law No. 20-FZ of February 18, 2020 on amendments to Articles 8.2 and 8.3 of the Federal Law on the Government Defence Order

Federal Law No. 21-FZ of February 18, 2020 on making amendments into the Air Code of the Russian Federation and recognising invalid certain provisions of Article 12 of the Federal Law on Licensing Certain Types of Activities

Federal Law No. 22-FZ of February 18, 2020 on making amendments into Articles 340 and 341 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 23-FZ of February 18, 2020 on amending Article 15.39 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences

Federal Law No. 24-FZ of February 18, 2020 on amending Article 35 of the Law of the Russian Federation on Customs Tariff

Federal Law No. 25-FZ of February 18, 2020 on amendments to Articles 150 and 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 166 of February 17, 2020 on approval of the Rules of cancellation and recovery in accounting with respect to individuals' debts for monetary obligations to the Russian Federation

Methodological Recommendations of the Bank of Russia No. 2-MR of February 12, 2020 on application by credit organisations of an increased amount of commission fees

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 80n of February 13, 2020 on approval of the list of diseases and conditions and related drugs containing narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances in order to import them onto the territory of the Russian Federation to provide medical care according to the vital indications of a particular patient or patient groups

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 13 of January 14, 2020 on transit international trucking and transit international railway traffic through the territory of the Russian Federation to third countries while ensuring their traceability using a control system that provides for the use of identification means (seals) operating based on the technology of the global navigation satellite system GLONASS

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 5n of January 9, 2020 on approval of the Regulations for carrying out by the territorial bodies of the Federal Treasury in cases established by the Government of the Russian Federation verification of the information specified in the state contract, capital investment agreement, institution contract, capital repair agreement, agreement (contract), documents confirming the occurrence of monetary obligations of legal entities, actually delivered goods (completed work, rendered services) with the use of photographic and video support in the implementation of treasury funds in accordance with the Federal Law on the Federal Budget for 2020 and the Planning Period of 2021 and 2022

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 229n of December 13, 2019 on Amending Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 259n of December 31, 2016 on the approval of the federal accounting standard for public sector organisations "Asset Impairment"

Order of the Federal Service for the Alcohol Market Regulation No. 318 of November 19, 2019 on approval of the Administrative Regulations for providing by the Federal Service for the Alcohol Market Regulation public services related to issuing federal special stamps for marking alcohol products manufactured in the Russian Federation

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 147 of February 21, 2020 on amendments to be made into the Regulations on the procedure for military service, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1237 of September 16, 1999: amendments are related to concluding contracts with senior officers that have reached the age limit for military service

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 548 of September 9, 2019 on amendments to the Guidelines on the state cadastral assessment, approved by Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 226 of May 12, 2017: the rules for calculating the cadastral value have been changed

Decision of the Board of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation No. 46PA of January 21, 2020 on approval of the Administrative Regulations for providing by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation public services related to providing information on labour activities of a registered person contained in his personal account

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 948 of December 18, 2019 – approves the Rules for records, storage and issuance of state registration plates for vehicles

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 23n of January 20, 2020 – approves the form in accordance with which employers shall provide to employees information on labour activities, as well as the form for providing information on labour activities from the information resources of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, and the procedure for filling in such forms

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 830n of December 25, 2019 on amending certain Orders of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation related to establishment and payment of pensions

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 656 of December 3, 2019 – invalidation of certain Orders of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation relating to federal state educational standards for the secondary vocational education

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection No. 742n of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2019 on approval of the Procedure for establishing the causes of disability

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 16 of February 21, 2020 – approves the rates of import customs duties of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to surimi of certain fish species and on amending the list of goods for which the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with obligations adopted as a condition for joining the World Trade Organisation, applies the rates of import customs duties lower than the rates of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union

Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation No. 899 of December 30, 2019 on amending Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation No. 3 of January 9, 2017 approving the procedure for filing a declaration of payment for negative environmental impact

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5385-U of January 10, 2020 – establishes the minimum (standard) requirements for conditions and procedure for voluntary insurance of overland transport (except for the railway transport)

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5386-U of January 14, 2020 – approves the procedure for disclosing by the Bank of Russia information contained in reporting statements of credit organisations (banking groups), as well as on the contents of such information

Federal Law No. 27-FZ of February 27, 2020 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation: the election legislation is adjusted and the procedure for procurement for holding the all-Russian voting for amending the Constitution is established

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 10-P of February 27, 2020 on the case of verification of constitutionality of Article 324 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of a citizen N. M. Demen’shina: a minor act is not a crime, even if it is provided for in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Courts shall establish the real degree of a public danger and investigate circumstances of the offence

Federal Law No. 47-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on the Quality and Safety of Food Products and Article 37 of the Federal Law on Education in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 44-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending Articles 26.10 and 28.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 31-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 42-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending Article 35 of the Law of the Russian Federation on Mass Media and Article 66 of the Federal Law on Communications

Federal Law No. 37-FZ of March 1, 2020 on ratification of the Protocol on the exchange of electronic information between CIS member states for tax administration

Federal Law No. 33-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on the Protection of Competition

Federal Law No. 29-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 34-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending Article 4 of the Merchant Shipping Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 43-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Compulsory Social Insurance Against Industrial Accidents and Occupational Illnesses - Debt collection for injuries: increased minimum arrears

Federal Law No. 39-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending Articles 1 and 4 of the Federal Law on State Control over the Conduct of International Road-Transport Operations and on Liability for Violation of the Rules for the Conduct Thereof and Articles 3 and 31 of the Federal Law on Highways and on Road Activities in the Russian Federation, as Well as on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 46-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Countering the Legalisation of Illegal Earnings (Money Laundering) and the Financing of Terrorism and Article 20 of the Federal Law on Lotteries

Federal Law No. 30-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending Articles 25 and 25.17 of the Federal Law on the Procedure for Exiting and Entering the Russian Federation and Article 11 of the Federal Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 32-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending Article 6.1 of the Merchant Shipping Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 45-FZ of March 1, 2020 on amending Articles 51 and 52 of the Federal Law on Education in the Russian Federation

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 5 of March 2, 2020 on additional measures to reduce the risks of importation and spread of a new coronavirus infection (2019-nCoV)

The List of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation dated February 28, 2020 "The list of cars with an average value of three million roubles, to be applied in the next tax period in 2020"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 223 of March 2, 2020 on a temporary ban on the export of certain types of products from the Russian Federation - The Council of Ministers temporarily banned the export of medical masks and other protective goods from the country.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 216 of February 29, 2020 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 860 of July 5, 2019 - The start of mandatory shoe marking has been postponed to July 1, 2020.

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of March 2, 2020 on the average price of Urals oil for February 2020

Interim guidance of the World Health Organization dated February 16, 2020 “Management of ill travellers at points of entry –international airports, ports and ground crossings –in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak”

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. KV-4-14/3735@ of March 4, 2020 - Tax authorities must accept documents from limited liability companies and joint stock companies without a seal.

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated March 3, 2020 on average prices for the past tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon materials extracted from the new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from February 1 to February 29, 2020

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 11-P of March 5, 2020 on the case of the verification of the constitutionality of subitems 4 and 5 of Item 1 and Item 5 of Article 57 of the Land Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court ordered the legislator to clarify the conditions for compensation to owners for the inclusion of their land in the protected zone

Information of the Pension Fund of Russia dated March 2, 2020 - Maternity capital will be issued to families proactively

Information of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation dated March 3, 2020 - The Ministry of Labour of the Russian Federation will help to plan the future pension correctly

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 17n of February 7, 2020 on amending the Annex to the Requirements for the drawing up and approval of a plan of financial and economic activity of a state (municipal) institution, approved by Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 186n of August 31, 2018

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ÌÌÂ-7-1/586@ of November 25, 2019 on approval of the Administrative Regulations of the Federal Tax Service for rendering state services related to provision of information contained in the state information resource of accounting (financial) statements

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 18n of February 7, 2020 on amending the Accounting Regulations “Accounting Policies of Organisations” (PBU 1/2008), approved by Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 106n of October 6, 2008

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 19n of February 7, 2020 on amending the Accounting Regulations “Correction of Errors in Accounting and Reporting” (PBU 22/2010), approved by Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 63n of June 28, 2010

Information of the Bank of Russia of March 10, 2020 – comment of the Bank of Russia on operations under the budget rule

Information of the Bank of Russia of March 10, 2020 – comment of the Bank of Russia on temporary regulatory exemptions for banks in connection with the spread of coronavirus

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 13n of January 31, 2020 on Amending the Instructions on the Procedure for Compiling and Presenting Annual, Quarterly and Monthly Reports on Budget Execution of the Budget System of the Russian Federation, approved by Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 191n of December 28, 2010

Information from the Federal Service for Supervision over Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Media of March 10, 2020: "Roskomnadzor explains the use of thermal imagers by employers that are personal data operators to prevent the spread of coronavirus"

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 877 of November 25, 2019 on approval of the forms of decisions on revocation of temporary residence permits in the Russian Federation and residence permits in the Russian Federation and the procedure for adoption of such decisions

Notification of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation No. SF-3 of March 11, 2020 "On the Law of the Russian Federation on an amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation (on improving regulation of certain issues related to arrangement and functioning of state authorities)

Law of the Russian Federation on the amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation No. 1-FKZ of March 14, 2020 on improving the regulation of certain issues of the organisation and functioning of public authority

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 1 of January 9, 2020 on approval of fishing rules for the Azov-Black Sea fisheries basin

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 6 of March 13, 2020 on additional measures to reduce the risks of the spread of COVID-2019 - Rospotrebnadzor instructed to check for coronavirus all who have recently returned from Europe.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 279 of March 13, 2020 on information support for town-planning activities

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 270 of March 13, 2020 on approval of the indexation coefficient of social pensions from April 1, 2020

Information of the Federal Tax Service dated March 16, 2020 "Published data for calculating Mineral Extraction Tax and Excess-Profits Tax, as well as excise tax on crude oil for February 2020

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of March 16, 2020 on the Export Customs Duties on Crude Oil and Certain Categories of Goods Manufactured from Oil for the Period from April 1 till April 30, 2020

Opinion of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 1-Ç of March 16, 2020 - The Constitutional Court gave a positive opinion on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 187 of March 17, 2020 on the retail sale of drugs for human use

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 188 of March 17, 2020 on the appointment of an all-Russian voting on the approval of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/90@ of February10, 2020 on amending the Procedure for Changing the Term of Payment of a Tax, Fee or Insurance Premiums as well as a Penalty or a Fine by the Tax Bodies, approved by Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-8/683@ of December 16, 2016

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 7 of March 18, 2020 on ensuring the isolation regime in order to prevent the spread of COVID-2019 - Coronavirus: arrivals in Russia will be isolated for two weeks.

Decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, Presidium of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation No. 808 of March 18, 2020 - Courts temporarily suspended cases, except urgent cases.

The Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated March 18, 2020 - Payment of taxes will be postponed for air carriers and travel agencies.

The Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated March 18, 2020 - the Government suspended the audit of the business until May 1.

Federal Law No. 66-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Evaluation Activity in the Russian Federation and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 65-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 63-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Articles 35 and 41.5 of the Federal Law on Citizenship of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 62-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Article 284.1 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 61-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Article 10 of the Federal Law on Non-state Pension Funds concerning the appointment of occupational pensions

Federal Law No. 60-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Articles 2 and 31.4 of the Federal Law on Non-profit Organisations

Federal Law No. 58-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Article 33.1 of the Federal Law on Citizenship of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 56-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Article 14.8 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 55-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Article 333.33 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 54-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending Article 21 of the Federal Law on Counteracting Terrorism

Federal Law No. 53-FZ of March 18, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Education in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 49-FZ of March 18, 2020 on the transfer of part of the income received by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation from the sale of ordinary shares of Sberbank of Russia public joint stock company

Federal Law No. 48-FZ of March 18, 2020 on ombudsmen in the subjects of the Russian Federation

Information of the Bank of Russia dated March 20, 2020 "The Bank of Russia approved measures to support citizens, shore up the economy and financial sector in the context of the coronavirus pandemic"

Information of the Bank of Russia dated March 20, 2020 "The Bank of Russia decided to keep the key rate at 6.00% per annum"

Order of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation No. 216 of March 16, 2020 on the cancellation or rescheduling of sports competitions in the territory of the Russian Federation in order to prevent spread coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated March 20, 2020 - Tax holidays shall be granted to organisations and entrepreneurs in the field of sports, culture or cinematography.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. BS-4-21/4722@ of March 18, 2020 - On the calculation of the transport tax for the destruction of a car.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 24-06-06/21324 of March 19, 2020 on making purchases from a sole supplier (contractor, executor) upon introducing high alert regime

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 660-r of March 18, 2020 - The Council of Ministers reduced the contribution to the reserve fund of the association of tour operators in the field of outbound tourism to 1 rouble.

Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 69n of February 7, 2020 - Wholesale of medicines is regulated by the rules of good practice of the EAEU.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 670-r of March 19, 2020 – small and medium-sized businesses may pay rent for federal property later

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 199 of March 20, 2020: additional measures of state support to families with children

Order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation No. 391 of March 22, 2020: recommendations to organisations engaged in the public demonstration of films (cinemas) on taking measures aimed at preventing the spread of a new coronavirus infection (2019-nCoV) in the Russian Federation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-2/181@ of March 20, 2020: taking urgent measures as part of monitoring and supervision aimed at preventing spread of the coronavirus infection

Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-04-29/26 of March 23, 2020: Information letter on the recommendations of the Bank of Russia to credit organisations for rendering cash services to clients in the context of the spread of coronavirus infection (2019-nCoV)

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 1n of January 9, 2020: the Procedure for Opening Personal Accounts by the Federal Treasury Territorial Bodies for Legal Entities and Individual Businessmen with Treasury Accompanying Targeted Funds in Cases Provided by the Federal Law on the Federal Budget for 2020 and for the Planning Period 2021 and 2022

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 37 of March 17, 2020: amendments to the Unified Commodity Classification of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union in connection with amending the Unified Commodity Classification of Foreign Economic Activity of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as decisions of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and the Eurasian Economic Commission

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 204n of November 27, 2019: Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 45n of March 19, 2019 on approval of the Program for development of federal accounting standards for public sector organisations for 2019 – 2021

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 252n of December 25, 2019: approval of the program for development of federal standards for accounting of public finances for 2020 – 2023

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 180n of November 15, 2019: approval of the Federal Accounting Standard FSBU 5/2019 "Reserves"

Information of the Federal Tax Service of March 26, 2020: the Federal Tax Service has implemented measures to support small and medium-sized businesses

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 730-r of March 25, 2020: the RF Government has determined new categories of foreigners who are allowed to enter Russia

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 206 of March 25, 2020 on the announcement of days-off days in the Russian Federation

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 205 of March 25, 2020 on postponement of the date of the all-Russian vote on the approval of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Allocution of the President of Russia of March 25, 2020 in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic: - the vote on constitutional amendments scheduled for April 22 will be postponed to a later date; - from March 28 to Sunday April 5 for most citizens will be non-working with salary; - exception shall be made for life supporting structures, including medical institutions, pharmacies, shops, institutions providing banking, financial settlements, transport, as well as authorities of all levels.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 214 of March 27, 2020 on amendments to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 183 of April 24, 2019 on defining for humanitarian purposes the categories of persons entitled to apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation under the simplified procedure and Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 187 of April 29, 2019 on certain categories of foreign citizens and stateless persons entitled to apply for admission to the citizenship of the Russian Federation in the simplified procedure

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Federal Tax Service No. 07-04-07/24096/VD-4-1/5303@ of March 27, 2020 on terms for submission of an obligatory copy of the annual accounting (financial) statements for 2019

Recommendations of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 26, 2020: recommendations for employers regarding applicability of non-business days to employees from March 30 to April 3, 2020

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 26, 2020 on decisions following the meeting of the operational headquarters to prevent spread of the new coronavirus infection on the territory of the Russian Federation

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 24-06-08/24077 of March 26, 2020 on the implementation of procurement on non-working days

The Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 27, 2020: Mikhail Mishustin instructed to temporarily suspend accommodation in sanatoriums, as well as the work of resort facilities for public recreation and activities of catering organisations

Recommendations of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation of March 26, 2020: recommendations for employees and employers in connection with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 206 of March 25, 2020 on the announcement of non-business days in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 67-FZ of March 26, 2020 on amending Article 60 of the Federal Law on the Circulation of Medicines and Article 38 of the Federal Law on the Fundamentals of Protecting Citizens’ Health in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 68-FZ of March 26, 2020 on Amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation

Instruction of the President of the Russian Federation dated March 29, 2020 - The President instructed to make amendments due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Information of the Federal Tax Service of March 27, 2020 - Taxpayers whose activities have been hurt from the coronavirus may not be afraid of penalties from the tax authorities.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. KCh-4-8/5147@ of March 25, 2020 - AIS "Tax-3" suspended the collection processes.

Information of the Federal Tax Service of March 27, 2020 "The deadline for the submission of accounting (financial) statements for 2019 has been postponed"

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. 8-2-03/0001@ of March 20, 2020 - The tax authorities are instructed to grant a tax deferral to cultural and sports organisations.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. KCh-4-8/4506@ of March 16, 2020 - Tax authorities are instructed to suspend debt collection from tour operators and air carriers.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 763-r of March 27, 2020 - From today, Russia has completely closed the border.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 762-r of March 27, 2020 - The Council of Ministers determined the list of essential goods.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 13-P of March 26, 2020 - The Constitutional Court indicated that the employee who violated the oath should not be dismissed without observing the terms of disciplinary action.

Information of the Federal Tax Service dated March 31, 2020 "A section on measures to support a business hurt by a coronavirus has been created on the website of the Federal Tax Service of Russia”

Information Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. IS-audit-32 of March 30, 2020 - On the work of auditors in a pandemic.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 342 of March 26, 2020 on rates and the base for calculating customs duties for customs operations related to the release of goods

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 346 of March 27, 2020 on the minimum and maximum amounts of unemployment benefits for 2020

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 348 of March 27, 2020 on an experiment on labelling by means of identification of packaged water in the territory of the Russian Federation

Information of the Federal Tax Service dated March 30, 2020 - Businesses that will receive tax deferrals primarily in connection with a pandemic.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 03-02-07/2/25589 of March 31, 2020 - Deadlines for filing tax returns and settlements extended until April 6.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. EA-4-15/5039@ of March 24, 2020 on the registers provided for by subitems 7 and 8 of Item 1 of Article 165 of the Tax code of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 9 of March 30, 2020 on additional measures to prevent the spread of COVID-2019 - It is known who will be tested for coronavirus.

Information of the Federal Tax Service dated March 31, 2020 - Tax returns for 2019 can be submitted on April 6.

Information of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation dated March 31, 2020 - Citizens, entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized enterprises will be provided with "credit holidays" for up to 6 months.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated March 31, 2020 - The latest package of measures for COVID-19: quarantine will be monitored on mobile phones, and at-risk doctors may live in hospitals.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 373 of March 31, 2020 - Information on patients with coronavirus and persons in contact with them is recorded in a unified database.

Information of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation dated April 1, 2020 - Ministry of Finance clarified new rules for taxation of interest on deposits.

Information of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation dated April 1, 2020 on refunds for air tickets issued at non-refundable fares

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. SD-4-3/5547@ of April 1, 2020 on the extension of the deadlines for submitting tax returns (settlements)

Federal Law No. 69-FZ of April 1, 2020 on the protection and promotion of investment in the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 84-FZ of April 1, 2020 on amending Articles 2 and 4 of the Federal Law on Heat Supplies and the Federal Law on Water Supply and Water Disposal

Federal Law No. 95-FZ of April 1, 2020 on amending Article 238.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 97-FZ of April 1, 2020 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - On the use of national credit ratings by authorities and the Central Bank.

Federal Law No. 99-FZ of April 1, 2020 on amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - The amounts of fines for violation of quarantine are known.

Federal Law No. 100-FZ of April 1, 2020 on amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Articles 31 and 151 of the Criminal-Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - Abusers will be punished under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for fake news about COVID-19.

Federal Law No. 102-FZ of April 1, 2020 on amending Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The Law on personal income tax on income from deposits and partial reduction of insurance premiums for small businesses has been adopted.

Information of the Federal Service for the Regulation of the Alcohol Market dated April 2, 2020 - Important!!! You can notify about purchases and deliveries of ethyl alcohol through the website of the territorial authority of the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 410 of April 2, 2020 - The state will subsidize credit deferrals for small and medium-sized businesses.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 846-r of April 2, 2020 - Five billion roubles will be allocated to banks for deferred payments on loans issued to small and medium-sized businesses.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 239 of April 2, 2020 on measures to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population on the territory of the Russian Federation in relation to the spread of a new coronaviral infection (COVID-19) - Quarantine weekend lasts until the end of April.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. BS-4-21/5526@ of April 1, 2020 - On extension of terms of payment of transport, land tax or property tax of organisations.

Federal Law No. 105-FZ of April 3, 2020 on Amending Article 15.1 of the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information and the Federal Law on Circulation of Medicines: the RF Government may allow distance sales of prescription drugs

Federal Law No. 106-FZ of April 3, 2020 on Amendments to the Federal Law on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation regarding the peculiarities of changing the terms of loan agreements: “credit holidays” are introduced in Russia for citizens and individual businessmen

Federal Law No. 7-FZ of April 4, 2020 on Amendments to Article 112 of the Federal Law on the Contract System in the Sphere of Procurement of Goods, Work, Services for State and Municipal Needs

Federal Constitutional Law No. 2-FKZ of April 4, 2020 on Amending Article 12.1 of the Federal Constitutional Law on Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation and the Formation of New Constituent Entities in the Russian Federation – the Republic of Crimea and the Federally Significant City of Sevastopol

Order of the President of the Russian Federation No. Pr-612 of April 2, 2020 on the List of instructions following the results of the meeting with members of the Government: new test systems for diagnosis of the coronavirus infection will be created in Russia and also measures will be taken to reduce the cost of mortgages

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 417 of April 2, 2020: approval of the Rules obligatory for citizens and organisations when introducing a high alert or emergency

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 422 of April 2, 2020: the Rules for granting subsidies from the federal budget to Russian credit organisations for reimbursement of income received by them on loans granted to small and medium enterprises for urgent needs in 2020 to support and maintain employment

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 419 of April 2, 2020: implementation of Decision of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 21 of March 16, 2020 and amending the list of medical goods the sale of which in the Russian Federation and the import of which into the Russian Federation or other territories under its jurisdiction are not subject to (exempt from) value added tax

Information from the Federal Notary Chamber dated April 2, 2020: the notary launches a hotline for free legal assistance

Information of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation of April 2, 2020: in connection with extension of non-working days, the RF Ministry of Finance will prepare a regulatory act on possibility of making procurement on non-business days from April 6 to April 30, 2020

Letter of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation No. MD-23185/15 of April 3, 2020: the instructions of the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade for organisations and facilities ensuring functioning of the distribution network

Letter of the Federal Antimonopoly Service No. IA/27985/20 of April 3, 2020 on the remote consideration of complaints about compulsory tenders, administrative appeals in construction, the inclusion of information on contractors into the blacklist of contractors in the area of capital repairs of apartment buildings, as well as applications for inclusion into the blacklist of bidders

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 9 of March 30, 2020: for violation of the "safe meter" citizens may face a fine of 15,000 roubles. The Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation ordered all citizens of the Russian Federation to maintain a distance of at least one meter to other citizens, including in public places and public transport, (except for taxi). The penalty for violation is fixed in the amount of from 15,000 to 40,000 roubles for ordinary citizens (now it is provided for the RF Code of Administrative Offences, since it was amended on April 1, 2020)

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 10 of April 3, 2020 on amending Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 9 of March 30, 2020 on Additional Measures to Prevent the Distribution of COVID-2019: persons arriving at airports at the place of residence are allowed to lockdown at home

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 428 of April 3, 2020: introduction of a moratorium on the initiation of bankruptcy cases upon the request of creditors with respect to individual debtors

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5428-U of April 3, 2020 on the establishment by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation of official foreign exchange rates against the rouble for non-business days

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 433 of April 3, 2020: approval of the Regulations on providing social support (assistance) to Russian citizens who are on the territory of a foreign state and cannot return to the Russian Federation in connection with the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 860-r of April 3, 2020: certain categories of medical workers of organisations subordinate to the Federal Medical and Biological Agency will receive incentive payments for additional workload and work in special conditions

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 862-r of April 3, 2020: 240 million roubles were allocated for arrangement of the work of medical volunteers

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 868-r of April 3, 2020: 500 million roubles will be sent to the social support of Russians who cannot return to their homeland because of the coronavirus

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-20-8/37@ of April 3, 2020: during the quarantine period, the Federal Tax Service will seize the accounts and property of taxpayers only in exceptional cases

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 409 of April 2, 2020: measures to ensure sustainable economic development

Letter of the Federal Antimonopoly Service No. ME/28054/20 of April 5, 2020: the work of electronic platform operators until April 30, 2020

Information of the Federal Tax Service of April 4, 2020: a moratorium on initiating bankruptcy cases has been introduced for half a year

Temporary guidelines for protection of critical facilities in the context of the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 (approved by the Government Commission for Prevention and Liquidation of Emergencies and Fire Safety on March 31, 2020)

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 434 of April 3, 2020: approval of the list of sectors of the Russian economy that were most affected by the deteriorating situation as a result of the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 430 of April 3, 2020: specifics of circulation of medical devices, including state registration of a series (batch) of medical device

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 436 of April 3, 2020: approval of the methodology for calculating the average monthly income of the borrower (total average monthly income of borrowers) in order to establish a grace period providing for suspension of obligations under the loan agreement

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 29 of March 16, 2020: setting rates of the import customs duties for certain types of motor vehicles with electric motors

Information from the Federal Tax Service of April 6, 2020: the declaration campaign shall be extended for three months

Information from the Federal Tax Service of April 6, 2020: the RF Government has postponed the deadlines for paying taxes and filing tax reports

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 439 of April 3, 2020: tenants of non-residential real estate acting in sectors of the economy affected by the coronavirus will receive a deferral for payments

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 441 of April 3, 2020: medicines for treatment of persons suffering from the COVID-19 will be registered under the simplified procedure, and the prices for vital and essential drugs shall be taken under the special control

Federal Law No. 110-FZ of April 7, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Communications: sparsely populated communities points shall be provided with access to the Internet

Federal Law No. 113-FZ of April 7, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Charity and Volunteering

Federal Law No. 118-FZ of April 7, 2020 on amending Article 19 of the Federal Law on Currency Regulation and Currency Control

Federal Law No. 119-FZ of April 7, 2020 on amending Articles 25 and 25.6 of the Federal Law on the Procedure for Departure from the Russian Federation and Entry into the Russian Federation and Articles 5 and 16 of the Federal Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in Russian Federation

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of April 7, 2020 on the average price for the Urals oil for March 2020

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Federal Tax Service No. 07-04-07/27289/VD-4-1/5878@ of April 7, 2020 on the deadlines for filing an obligatory copy of the annual accounting (financial) statements for 2019 in connection with the establishment of days off from April 4 to April 30, 2020

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 02-08-10/27111 of April 6, 2020: BIC codes are established for accounting expenses related to the purchase of inventories for countering COVID-19

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 909-r of April 7, 2020: 3.5 billion roubles will be sent to support tour operators

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 898-r of April 4, 2020 N 898-r: money for travel packages will be recompensed from the tour operator's personal liability fund

Decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Presidium of the Council of Judges of the Russian Federation No. 821 of April 8, 2020: personal reception of citizens in courts shall be suspended until the end of April

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 130 of March 11, 2020 on making amendments into Appendices Nos 1 and 2 to the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 766 of October 5, 2017 on State Registration Plates for Vehicles: 3-digit numbers of regions on state-owned vehicles may begin with any digit from 1 to 9

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 452 of April 4, 2020 on amending the Regulations on Licencing Activities for the Turnover of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Their Precursors, Cultivation of Drug-Containing Plants

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 458 of April 8, 2020 on approval of lists of medical services and expensive types of treatment carried out in medical organisations, or by individual businessmen engaged in medical activities, the amount of payment of which at the expense of the taxpayer’s own funds is taken into account when determining the amount of social tax deduction

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 389 of December 2, 2019 on amendming Appendices Nos 1 and 2 to Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 274 of August 21, 2013 on approval of the rules for filling in diagnostic cards

Information of the Federal Tax Service of April 9, 2020: the RF Government has approved a simplified deferral mechanism for companies affected by the spread of coronavirus

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 474 of April 9, 2020 on approval of the Rules for the monthly payment to families entitled to the maternal (family) capital

Information of the Federal Tax Service of April 10, 2020: information on the average number of employees of organisations for 2019 is published

Order of the President of the Russian Federation of April 9, 2020 "The list of instructions following the meeting with the plenipotentiaries of the President in the federal districts": to counteract COVID-19, the all-Russian inventory of hospitals, re-profiling doctors and involving professors and students of medical academies shall be performed

Information of the Federal Service for the Alcohol Market Regulation of April 9, 2020 to organisations involved in production and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcohol (excluding retail sales) and alcohol-containing products: licences expiring within the period from March 15 to December 31, 2020 will be automatically extended for 12 months

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 924-r of April 8, 2020: deadlines for providing official statistics are extended

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 460 of April 8, 2020 on the approval of the Interim Rules for registering citizens in order to find suitable job and as unemployed, as well as making social payments to citizens recognised in the established manner as unemployed

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 968-r of April 10, 2020 - Certain small and medium-size enterprises were exempted from state property rental payments for three months.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 961-r of April 10, 2020 - All types of motor gas were designated as essential goods.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 479 of April 10, 2020 on amending the list of sectors of the Russian economy most affected by the deteriorating situation as a result of the spread of a new coronavirus infection - Cinemas and dental clinics can also take advantage of credit holidays.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-2/679@ of December 31, 2019 on approval of the procedure for banks (operators on the transfer of money resources) to submit information at the request of tax authorities - Forms for submitting information at the request of tax authorities by banks were updated.

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. EA-4-15/6101@ of April 10, 2020 on tax control on non-working days in accordance with decrees of the President of the Russian Federation

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. BS-4-21/6203@ of April 14, 2020 on clarifications on issues of supporting organisations and individual entrepreneurs regarding property taxation

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 17-P of April 14, 2020 in the case of the verification of constitutionality of part 2 of Article 2.1, part 1 of Article 2.2, part 3 of Article 11.15.1 and Item 5 of part 1 of Article 29.10 of the Code of Administrative Offences, Article 12.2 of the Federal Law on Transport Security - The Constitutional Court indicated that with intentional non-compliance with requirements in the field of transport security, the organisation‘s intent must be proved.

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5348-U of December 9, 2019 on cash settlement rules

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-014-12/68 of April 16, 2020 - Financial institutions will not refuse service if the client has an expired passport.

Information of the Federal Tax Service dated April 16, 2020 "Federal Tax Service explained how self-employed people can get a digital permit pass”

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-21/156@ of March 13, 2020 on amending Appendix to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-11/545@" of November 25, 2015 - The Form "Information on Motor Vehicles and Their Owners” will be amended.

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of March 16, 2020 on the export customs duties on crude oil and certain categories of goods manufactured from oil for the period of from May 1 till May 31, 2020

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 20 of January 14, 2020 on amending the Federal Aviation Rules - The procedure for assessing the financial and economic status of organisations and individual entrepreneurs engaged in commercial air transportation has changed.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 327n of April 14, 2020 - If there are the overstretched staff in hospitals they will organise retraining of doctors and attract students.

Instruction of the President of the Russian Federation dated April 15, 2020 - The Russian leader proposed new measures to support medical staff, unemployed citizens and business.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-14/640@ of December 19, 2019 on approval of the Administrative Regulation on the provision of information and documents contained in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs - Extracts from registers are issued under the new rules.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 500 of April 13, 2020 - The government lifted restrictions on the wholesale and retail trade of medical gloves, masks, respirators and protective suits.

Letter of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 02-09-11/06-06-8452 of April 13, 2020 - Calculations on accrued and paid insurance premiums for the 1st quarter of 2020 must be submitted before May 15, 2020.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 486 of April 12, 2020 on approval of the Interim Rules for employers to submit information on the liquidation of the organisation, reduction of the staff of the organisation‘s employees, as well as other information on employment in the information-analytical system of the All-Russian Vacancy Database "Work in Russia”.

Order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation No. 547 of April 3, 2020 - Special rules will apply when enrolling in universities in 2020.

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 44 of April 13, 2020 on amending the Combined Commodity Classification of Foreign-Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union - Import of components for the manufacture of hand-held power tools are temporarily subject to a zero customs duty.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1031-r of April 16, 2020 - The government has expanded the list of categories of citizens who can travel abroad for work.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1030-r of April 16, 2020 - Unregistered Chinese drug hydroxychloroquine will be used in Russia.

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 702/811 of December 19, 2019 - General requirements are established for organising and conducting hiking, expeditions, rallies and other similar events in the natural environment with the participation of children groups.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1062-r of April 18, 2020 - Individual protective gear, disinfectants and antiseptics are classified as essential goods.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 525 of April 17, 2020 - Visas will be extended for foreigners who cannot leave Russia due to quarantine introduced in their homeland.

Letter of the Pension Fund No. 11P-08-24/8051 of April 17, 2020 on financial sanctions - Will insurants be fined for violating the deadline for submitting information to the Pension Fund as per the form of SZV-M for March?

Instruction of the President of the Russian Federation dated April 17, 2020 - A federal reserve of equipment and drugs for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 will appear in Russia.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 540 of April 18, 2020 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 434 of April 3, 2020" - Museums, zoos and car dealerships are included in the list of industries affected by coronavirus.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 274 of April 18, 2020 on temporary measures to regulate the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the Russian Federation in connection with the threat of the further spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 275 of April 18, 2020 - President extended the validity of civil passports and driver's licences.

Information of the Federal Tax Service dated April 21, 2020 - Individual entrepreneurs can send an application to terminate their activities without a digital signature.

A review of certain issues of judicial practice related to the application of legislation and measures to counteract the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the Russian Federation No. 1 (approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of April 21, 2020)

Information of the Federal Tax Service dated April 20, 2020 - Individual protective gear market to be brought under control.

Clarifications of the Federal Antimonopoly Service dated April 17, 2020 on issues of tendering for the right to conclude contracts of possession (use) of state (municipal) property during non-working days

Clarifications of the Federal Antimonopoly Service dated April 17, 2020 - There is no need to agree additional agreements on granting a deferral of rental payments with the Federal Antimonopoly Service.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 545 of April 18, 2020 on amending Item 1 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 419 of April 2, 2020 - It is necessary to confirm the purpose of the medical products for coronavirus control, so as not to pay import duties.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 528 of April 17, 2020 on amending decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 819 of December 28, 2005 and No. 1365 of December 12, 2015 - A report on the flow of funds on foreign accounts or deposits can be sent through the personal account of the taxpayer.

Federal Law No. 121-FZ of April 22, 2020 on amending Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Pandemic made adjustments to the Tax Code.

Federal Law No. 120-FZ of April 22, 2020 on amending the Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law on the suspension of certain provisions of the Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation and the establishment of the particularities of budget execution of the budget system of the Russian Federation in 2020

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 548 of April 18, 2020 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 515 of April 26, 2019 - The withdrawal of goods subject to mandatory labelling from circulation will be recorded by special devices.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 557 of April 22, 2020 on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation - The Council of Ministers revised the conditions for inspections, issuance and validity of permits in 2020.

Instruction of the President of the Russian Federation dated April 22, 2020 - Preferential mortgage, the availability of bank loans for developers and other construction support measures.

Information of Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation dated April 22, 2020 "Federal platform for issuing digital passes will be implemented in 21 constituent entities of the Russian Federation"

Information of the Federal Tax Service dated April 22, 2020 "The Federal Tax Service has developed a form and format for notifications of amendments in the procedure for calculating advance payments on corporate income tax"

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. SD-4-3/6802@ of April 22, 2020 on the recommended formats for the submission of notifications - Organisations can notify the tax authority of the transition to monthly advance payments based on actual profit.

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 24, 2020 "Bank of Russia lowers interest rate as part of lending support mechanism for SMEs"

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 24, 2020 "The Bank of Russia decided to reduce the key rate by 50 b.p. to 5.50% per annum"

Federal Law No. 149-FZ of April 24, 2020 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Operating procedures for insurance intermediaries and the application of a moratorium on bankruptcy has changed.

Federal Law No. 144-FZ of April 24, 2020 on amending Article 1 of the Law of the Russian Federation on Protection of the Consumers' Rights

Federal Law No. 135-FZ of April 24, 2020 on amending Article 13-3 of the Federal Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation - The restriction on the number of requests for reissue of a patent has been lifted for foreigners.

Federal Law No. 134-FZ of April 24, 2020 on amending the Federal Law on Citizenship of the Russian Federation regarding simplification of the procedure for admission to the citizenship of the Russian Federation of foreign citizens and stateless persons

Federal Law No. 131-FZ of April 24, 2020 on amending Article 69 of the Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - Regional human rights ombudsmen may not testify in a civil case.

Federal Law No. 130-FZ of April 24, 2020 on amending Article 56 of the Criminal-Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - Human rights ombudsmen received witness immunity in criminal proceedings.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 570 of April 24, 2020: the RF Government clarified the rules for granting a deferment (installment plan) for payment of taxes and fees. According to the amendments, small and medium-sized businesses related to the affected sectors of the economy, along with micro-businesses, will be able to suspend insurance payments to the governmental extra-budgetary funds

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1127-r of April 24, 2020: up to 6 billion roubles will be allocated from the RF Government reserve fund for paying compensation to banks issuing preferential mortgage loans

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 582 of April 24, 2020 on approval of the Rules for providing subsidies from the federal budget to Russian credit organisations for reimbursement of shortfalls in their income on loans issued in 2020 to system-forming organisations for working capital replenishment

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1134-r of April 24, 2020: 24 billion roubles will be allocated from the reserve fund of the Government to compensate banks for lost revenue on preferential loans issued in 2020 to system-forming organisations to replenish working capital. The total volume of such loans should be up to 400 billion roubles

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 583 of April 25, 2020 on approval of the Rules for providing in 2020 subsidies from the federal budget to tour operators for reimbursement of expenses incurred in implementation of activities related to restrictions caused by the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1130-r of April 24, 2020: the RF Government has adjusted the lists of re-profiled medical organisations for fighting against the coronavirus. New facilities are included

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1131-r of April 24, 2020: the Government has approved the list of medical organisations where almost 5 thousand new places for treatment of patients with COVID-19 will be created if necessary

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 575 of April 24, 2020 on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation: n interest-free loans for paying salaries are available to organisations and individual businessmen ex affected sectors (not only to small and medium-sized businesses)

Information of the Federal Tax Service of April 27, 2020: another 10 regions provided anti-crisis measures of maintenance to organisations that own taxable property

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 576 of April 24, 2020 on approval of the Rules for providing in 2020 the federal budgetary subsidies to small and medium-sized businesses operating in the sectors of the Russian economy that were most affected by the deterioration of the situation as a result of the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 594 of April 26, 2020: motor vehicles purchased before the end of summer shall be registered with the traffic police within 90 days from the date of purchase

Information of the Federal Accreditation Service of April 27, 2020 on the Procedure for Issuing Forms of Certificates of Compliance

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated April 27, 2020: the Head of the RF Government instructed to ensure continuous supervision and control over implementation of measures to support business and citizens in the regions

Letter of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 14-2/10/P-3710 of April 23, 2020: recommendations on the working regime in the conditions of the spread of COVID-19

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-015-44/82 of April 27, 2020 – additional measures to support citizens and cooperatives

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 590 of April 26, 2020: peculiarities of the procedure and terms for submitting by insurers to the territorial bodies of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation information on the labour activities of registered persons

Information of the Federal Tax Service of April 28, 2020: an updated service will help to understand the rules for granting deferral (installment plan) for paying taxes

Allocution of the President of the Russian Federation of April 28, 2020: non-business days shall be extended through May 11, 2020

Information of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation of April 28, 2020: the RF Ministry of Finance submitted to the Government a draft decision on cases of procurement under Federal Law No. 44-FZ from a sole supplier until the end of the 2020

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 601 of April 28, 2020 N 601 on the approval of the Interim Rules of work on a rotational basis: due to the pandemic, work of shift workers shall be paid in accordance with special rules and these rules of work on a rotational basis shall be applicable until the end of 2020

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. BS-4-11/7080@ of April 27, 2020: the recommended format for submitting an application for subsidies to small businesses to maintain employment and remunerations in April and May

Information of the Federal Tax Service of April 28, 2020: the Federal Tax Service postponed debt collection until June 1, 2020

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 294 of April 28, 2020 – the extension of the measures to ensure sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population in the Russian Federation in connection with the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 17n of April 2, 2020 – approves the features of the centralised accounting

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 394n of April 30, 2020 – establishes the features of certification of medical personnel and pharmaceutical workers for obtaining a qualification category

Order of the Federal Tourism Agency No. 133-PR-20 of April 4, 2020: approval of the Regulations on the commission for providing in 2020 subsidies from the federal budget to tour operators for reimbursement of expenses incurred in implementation of activities related to restrictions caused by the spread of the new coronavirus infection

Letter dated April 30, 2020 from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Federal Tax Service No. 07-04-07/35323/VD-4-1/7364@ on the deadline for the filing an obligatory copy of the annual accounting (financial) statements for 2019 in connection with the establishment of non-business days from May 6 to May 8, 2020: the 12th of May is the last day for submission of an obligatory copy of annual accounting

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 608 of April 29, 2020 on submission of information on income, expenses, property and property obligations for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of April 30, 2020: deflator coefficients to the MET rate for coal mining for the II quarter of 2020

Information of the Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation of April 29, 2020: registration for unemployment benefits is available through the Single Web-Portal for rendering public services

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 9 of January 14, 2020 – approves the Rules for transportation of goods by rail in open rolling stock

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1170-r of April 29, 2020: the temporary restriction on the entry of foreigners into the Russian Federation is extended (for an indefinite period)

Review No. 2 on selected issues of judicial practice related to application of legislation and measures to counteract the spread on the territory of the Russian Federation of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on April 30, 2020

Order of the Federal Tourism Agency No. 132-Pr-20 of April 28, 2020: approves the form and contents of the application for granting in 2020 subsidies from the federal budget to tour operators for reimbursement of expenses incurred in implementation of activities related to restrictions caused by the spread of the new coronavirus infection, as well as forms for filing information on tourists who have submitted claims for the refund of funds previously paid to the tour operator in the framework of tourist products sold, for which transportation services by air transport within the framework of tourist products have not been actually fulfilled due to restrictions

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 621 of April 30, 2020 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 433 of April 3, 2020: the rules for supporting Russian citizens that cannot return home due to the pandemic are valid through June 30, 2020

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1177-r of April 30, 2020: half a billion will be spent on supporting Russians citizens that cannot return to the country due to the pandemic. The relevant amount shall be allocated to the RF Ministry of foreign affairs

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 616 of April 30, 2020: establishes a ban on the admission of industrial goods originating from foreign states, for the purpose of procurement for state or municipal needs, as well as industrial goods originating from foreign states, works (services), carried out (provided) by foreign persons, for the purpose of procurement for the needs of the country's defense and state security

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 634 of April 30, 2020 on amending the Temporary Rules for registration of citizens looking for suitable job and as unemployed, as well as for making social payments to citizens recognised in the established procedure as unemployed

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 628 of April 30, 2020 on amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation in connection with the introduction of measures aimed at prevention of the spread of the new coronavirus infection on the territory of the Russian Federation

Information from the Pension Fund of Russia dated April 30, 2020: early reporting to the Pension Fund will allow enterprises to receive state support faster

Information from the Federal Tax Service of May 1, 2020: the Federal Tax Service has launched a special service for payment of subsidies to small and medium-sized businesses

Information from the Federal Service for Supervision over Protection of Consumers’ Rights and Human Well-Being of May 1, 2020: rules for the online purchasing drugs during the coronavirus pandemic

Information from the Bank of Russia of April 30, 2020: the Bank of Russia has extended the time terms for disclosing information by issuers of equity securities in 2020

Information from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of May 6, 2020: the average price of Urals grade oil for April 2020 is fixed as $ 16.26 per barrel

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5396-U of January 30, 2020 – establishes the procedure for cash operations with foreign currency at authorised banks in the Russian Federation

Information from the Bank of Russia of May 7, 2020: the Bank of Russia informs of the deadlines for issuers to disclose information

Information from the Federal Tax Service of May 7, 2020: another 10 regions have approved anti-crisis measures to support organisations that own taxable property

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 313 of May 6, 2020 on providing additional insurance guarantees to certain categories of health care professionals

Decision of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation No. 12 of April 29, 2020: amendments to the Sanitary Rules SP 2.3.6.1066-01 "Sanitary and Epidemiological Requirements for Trading Organisations and Turnover of Food Raw Materials and Food Products Therein"

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-14/12@ of January 13, 2020: approval of the Administrative Regulations for rendering by the Federal Tax Service public services related to the state registration of legal entities and individuals as individual businessmen and peasant farms

Information of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2020: explanations for drivers engaged in road freight transport

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 15n of April 1, 2020: defines the Procedure for opening treasury accounts

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 14n of April 1, 2020: prescribes the General Requirements for the procedure for opening and keeping personal accounts

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. BS-4-19/7427@ of April 30, 2020: establishes the Procedure for working with applications for subsidies

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 15n of April 1. 2020 on the Procedure for opening treasury accounts

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 14n of April 1. 2020 on the General Requirements for the procedure for opening and maintaining personal accounts

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the Federal Treasury Nos 02-07-07/36532, 07-04-05/02-8941 of April 30, 2020 - April budget statements must be sent to the Federal Treasury before May 19.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 651 of May 10, 2020 on measures to support system-forming organisations

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 642 of May 8, 2020 - The Government of the Russian Federation has determined in which activities theaters, museums and libraries can apply the zero income tax rate.

The List of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 9, 2020 “The list of instructions following the meeting on plans to implement the measures taken to support the Russian economy in terms of bank lending”

Methodical Recommendations of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia No. MR 3.1.0178-20 of May 8, 2020 “Definition of a set of measures, as well as indicators that are the basis for the phased removal of restrictive measures in the context of the epidemic spread of COVID-19”

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5435-U of April 10, 2020 on the establishment by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation of official prices for refined precious metals on non-working days

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 23-P of May 12, 2020 in the case of the verification of the constitutionality of Item 5 of Article 123.22 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court indicated in what cases founders must meet the obligations of budgetary institutions.

Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 714-P of March 27, 2020 on disclosure of information by issuers of equity securities

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-21/124@ of February 25, 2020 - The form and format of a notification of vehicles and (or) land plots for the taxpayer organisation appeared.

Order of the Federal Tax Service N MMV-7-14/627@ of December 10, 2019 on approval of the Administrative Regulation for the provision by the Federal Tax Service of a state service for providing interested parties with information contained in the register of disqualified persons

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 242 of April 23, 2020 on the deflator coefficients for the tax rate for mining in coal mining

Information of the Bank of Russia dated May 13, 2020 "Changes in OSAGO: judgement rating and support for car owners in a pandemic"

Information of the Bank of Russia of May 13, 2020 (Decision of the Board of Directors of May 13, 2020) - The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has determined the maximum acquiring commission when paying for medical services..

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 192n of April 9, 2020 on approval of the form of the application for the provision of public services to assist in finding suitable work in electronic form - Remote registration of unemployed: application form.

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 24-P of May 13, 2020 in the case of the verification of the constitutionality of Articles 26.9 and 26.10, part 3 of Article 28.6 and part 6 of Article 29.10 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court clarified that administrative commissions in the regions have the right to consider cases of violation of landscaping by car drivers.

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of May 14, 2020 - Information on average prices for the past tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon materials extracted from the new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from April 1 to 30, 2020.

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 157 of April 30, 2020 - The validity period of permits and certain transport procedures has been extended.

Recommendations of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation dated May 14, 2020 - Recommendations to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on phasing out restrictive measures in the field of physical education and sports in the context of the epidemic spread of COVID-19.

Information from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of May 15, 2020: export customs duties with respect to oil and certain categories of goods produced from oil for the period from June 1 to June 30, 2020

Information from the Federal Accreditation Service of May 14, 2020: approval of the extended recommendations on interim measures of inspection control, sampling and another planned work, taking into account the distribution of COVID-19

Information of the Bank of Russia of May 15, 2020: the Bank of Russia has expanded measures to aimed at supporting loans to small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as loans for urgent needs in order to support and maintain employment

Expanded recommendations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation on temporary measures of inspection control, sampling and another scheduled work, taking into account the complicated epidemiological situation associated with the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1273-r of May 15, 2020: N 1273-r more than 22 billion roubles shall be granted to the RF constituent entities for payments to healthcare professional fighting against COVID-19

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 624 of May 16, 2020: approval of the procedure for coordinating draft decisions of senior officials (heads of the highest state executive authorities) of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on the suspension (limitation, including by determining the specifics of the work schedule, number of employees) of activities on the territory of certain organisations and individual businessmen on the territory of a relevant constituent entity of the Russian Federation

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 47 of April 29, 2020 on changing the terms for import of goods for personal use

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 697 of May 16, 2020: approves the Rules for issuing permits for the remote (distance) retail sale of medicines for medical use, as well as implementation of such trade and delivery of such medicines to citizens. Also approves amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation concerning the retail trade in medicines for medical use

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 687 of May 15, 2020 on amending Item 5 of the Regulations on licensing of pharmaceutical activities: starting from July 1, 2020 pharmacies and pharmaceutical stores shall provide information to the drug movement monitoring system

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 695 of May 16, 2020: approves the Provisional Regulations on investigation of insurance cases of harm to the health of a healthcare professional in connection with the development of a disease (syndrome) received in the course of his (her) labour duties or a complication caused by laboratory research on the new coronavirus infection and resulting in temporary disability, but not leading to disability

Contact Us

Leave us a message