Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 27.04.2020

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.