Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 26.07.2024

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2269 of December 23, 2023 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 353 of March 12, 2022 - Permits will be renewed automatically next year

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 189 of December 27, 2023 on approval of the rate of import customs duty of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union - The zero duty rate on the import of manganese ores and concentrates will remain in effect next year

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 186 of December 27, 2023 on approval of the rate of import customs duty of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union - Zero duties on the import of certain types of phosphates have been extended for two years

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 180 of December 27, 2023 on approval of the rate of import customs duty of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union - Zero import duty on optical glass rods has been extended

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2338 of December 27, 2023 on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation in the area of customs and tariff regulation - Some goods are no longer subject to exchange rate export duties

List of instructions on the issue of determining the sole contractor for the purchase of certain types of communication services to be carried out in 2024 (approved by the President of the Russian Federation on December 30, 2023)

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2368 of December 29, 2023 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 339 of March 10, 2022: additional cases of procurement of goods, works, and services from a sole supplier established by the Government concern the conclusion of contracts in 2024.

Decision of the Government of Russia No. 2405 of December 29, 2023 - on conducting an experiment on labelling by means of identification of certain types of perfumery, cosmetic products and household chemicals on the territory of the Russian Federation

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-08-12/69 of December 27, 2023 - credit institutions should pay attention to transactions involving persons and/or entities activities of which show signs of illegal activities in the financial market

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated January 9, 2024 - on average prices for the previous tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from December 1 to December 31, 2023

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated January 9, 2024 - on the average price of Urals oil for December 2023

Unified recommendations for the establishment at the federal, regional and local levels of remuneration systems for employees of state and municipal institutions for 2024 (approved by the decision of the Russian Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labour Relations of December 22, 2023, Protocol No. 11)

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-17/915@ of December 1, 2023 - approval of the List of states (territories) that allow systematic failure to fulfill obligations for the automatic exchange of country reports

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-17/914@ of December 1, 2023 - approval of the List of states (territories) that do not ensure the exchange of information for tax purposes with the Russian Federation

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-02-28/76 of December 29, 2023 on recommendations for public joint stock companies and issuers of equity securities on developing a sustainable development strategy and a climate transition strategy - Strategies for sustainable development and climate transition are being developed

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-23/2 of January 16, 2024 on requirements for disclosure and submission of reports and information to the Bank of Russia in 2024

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 2-P of January 18, 2024 In the case of verification of constitutionality of part one of Article 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation examined the issue of using parental control programs on a child‘s mobile phone

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 859n of December 6, 2023 on amending Appendix No. 2 to Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 874n of November 10, 2014 - The form of the individual program for the provision of social services has been changed

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 23 of January 18, 2024 - approval of the Rules for provision and distribution in 2024 of other interbudgetary transfers from the federal budget to the budgets of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Belgorod region, Zaporozhye region and Kherson region for the purpose of co-financing in full expenditure obligations of the specified subjects of the Russian Federation for financial support for implementation of social payments to medical and other workers providing medical care (participating in providing medical care) to persons injured during a special military operation, as well as conducting forensic medical examination and those involved in it

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 40-r of January 17, 2024 - a list of medical devices and medicinal products purchased under the trademark has been established.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 63 of January 23, 2024 - measures of social support for large families

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 61 of January 22, 2024 - the federal candidates pool of the state civil service of the Russian Federation

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 198n of December 13, 2023 - introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standards document "Long-term liabilities with covenants (Amendments to IFRS (IAS) 1)" into effect on the territory of the Russian Federation

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation N. 932 of December 13, 2023 - approval of the list of professions and specialties of secondary vocational education, implementation of educational programs for which is not allowed using exclusively e-learning and remoted education technologies

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 384 of November 23, 2023 - amendments to Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 13 of January 14, 2020 on the implementation of transit international road transport and transit international rail transport through the territory of the Russian Federation to third countries with ensuring their traceability using a control system that involves the use of identification means (seals) operating on the basis of the technology of the global navigation satellite system GLONASS: peculiarities of transit transportation of agricultural products, raw materials and food under the food embargo.

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated January 25, 2024 - rates of export customs duties on oil and certain categories of goods produced from oil, for the period from February 1 to February 29, 2024

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated January 25, 2024 - rates of export customs duties with respect to goods specified in Item 1 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023, as well as with respect to certain types of mineral fertilizers

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 73 of January 27, 2024 - the temporary procedure for disclosure and provision of information by business entities that are economically significant organisations and certain persons associated with them

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 59 of January 24, 2024 - approval of the Rules for providing telephone services

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-3/853@ of November 17, 2023 - approval of the form of information on the received permit for extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources, the amount of the fee for use of objects of aquatic biological resources, payable in the form of a one-time and regular contributions, the procedure for filling it in and the format for submitting it in electronic form

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 41 of January 22, 2024 - approval of the list of federal executive bodies authorised to exercise control over the sales of organisations carrying out transactions with funds and (or) another property, except for organisations carrying out transactions with funds and ( or) another property, regulation, control and supervision of which, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, is carried out by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, special economic measures aimed at prohibiting (limiting) financial transactions and (or) freezing (blocking) funds and (or ) another property belonging to blocked persons, as well as financial transactions carried out in the interests and (or) in favour of blocked persons, and to provide explanations concerning implementation of these special economic measures, including regarding the procedure and conditions for the application (cancellation of application) of the ban (restrictions) on financial transactions, freezing (blocking) funds and (or) another property belonging to blocked persons, as well as financial transactions carried out in the interests and (or) in favour of blocked persons

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 73 of January 27, 2024 on the temporary procedure for the disclosure and provision of information by business entities that are economically significant organisations and certain persons related to them - Economically significant organisations will be able not to disclose sensitive information

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 59 of January 24, 2024 on approval of the Rules for the provision of telephone services

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-3/853@ of November 17, 2023 on approval of the form of information on the received permit to catch aquatic biological resources, the amount of the fee for the use of aquatic biological resources, subject to payment in the form of one-time and regular contributions, the procedure for filling it out and the format for submitting it in electronic form

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of January 30, 2024 - Deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining for the first quarter of 2024 are known

Information of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets of January 29, 2024 Information for producers and importers of wine products regarding the peculiarities of labelling wine products

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 72 of January 27, 2024 on the introduction of temporary quantitative restrictions on the import of certain types of seeds of agricultural plants from unfriendly countries

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-59/6 of January 25, 2024 on the disclosure of information on interest rates and the range of values of the full cost of a consumer loan at the point of service and on the lender‘s official website

Federal Law No. 1-FZ of January 30, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the Circulation of Medicines and certain articles of federal laws on amending the Federal Law on the Circulation of Medicines - Electronic registration of medicines is being introduced in Russia

Federal Law No. 2-FZ of January 30, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Transport security units will be allowed to shoot down drones

Federal Law No. 3-FZ of January 30, 2024 on amending Article 236 of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation - Employees may receive compensation if payments due to the employee were not accrued on time

Federal Law No. 4-FZ of January 30, 2024 on amending Article 1248 of Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - It was decided to reimburse the costs of dispute resolution in the Federal Service for Intellectual Property

Federal Law No. 5-FZ of January 30, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the Protection of the Population and Territories from Natural and Man-made Emergencies - It was decided to clarify the procedure for preventing emergencies

Information of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets dated January 31, 2024 on the issue of retail sale of alcohol-containing food products - On remote retail sale of ice cream with added alcohol

Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation dated January 31, 2024 on the International Court of Justice finding no discrimination against Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians in Russia and completely rejecting Ukraine‘s reparations claims

Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation dated January 31, 2024 The International Court of Justice rejected Ukraine's claim to recognize Russia as an "aggressor state" and the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as "terrorist organisations"

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 76 of January 31, 2024 on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation - Technical requirements for cars have changed. The rules were introduced due to the shortage of components

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 720n of December 26, 2023 - approval of the list of medical contraindications for carrying out certain types of activities due to mental disorder

Order of the Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 2392 of December 5, 2023 - approval of the Procedure for submitting by banks (other credit institutions) information on the availability of accounts opened with banks (other credit institutions) and (or) cash balances in accounts and (or ) on transactions on the accounts of organisations, individual entrepreneurs in banks (other credit institutions) upon the request of territorial bodies of the Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation, as well as form of the corresponding information

Order of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation No. 953 of November 7, 2023 - approval of the Procedure for ensuring accessibility of official websites of state bodies, local governments and subordinate organisations for persons with vision disabilities

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 203n of December 25, 2023 - amendments to the codes (lists of codes) of the budgetary classification of the Russian Federation for 2023 (for 2023 and for the planning period of 2024 and 2025), approved by Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 75n of May 17, 2022

Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, dated February 2, 2024 - Commentary provided by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs M.V. Zakharova due to a decision of the International Court of Justice to reject Ukraine’s charges of violation by Russia of the Genocide Convention

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 104 of February 2, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 845 of June 1, 2021: Rules for admitting Russian carriers to international road transport have been adjusted.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-14/4@ of January 9, 2024 - amendments to the Annexes to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-14/617@ of August 31, 2020: due to expanding the scope of information in the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs, the forms of certain applications have been changed.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 105 of February 2, 2024 - conducting an experiment on labelling by means of identification of certain types of tinned foods on the territory of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 121 of February 5, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 67 of January 28, 2022 : procedure for licensing activities in the field of cultural heritage protection should be simplified.

Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 5 of January 8, 2024 - approval of the forms of documents required for compensations provided for by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 582 of August 3, 2023 on Measures to Ensure Compulsory State Insurance of Life and Health of Citizens of the Russian Federation Federations Participating in Volunteer Units

Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation No. 135 of January 16, 2024 - the list of goods for parallel import is adjusted to provide more foreign-made goods allowed for import into the country without the consent of the copyright holders.

Information from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated February 9, 2024 - average price level for Urals oil for January 2024

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-11/1@ of January 9, 2024 - amendments to Annexes to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-11/649@ of September 19, 2023: it was decided to adjust the new form 6-NDFL, its format and procedure for filling it in, as well as the form of an individual’s income certificate, used for calculations for the first quarter of 2024.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-11/3@ of January 9, 2024 - amendments to Annexes 1 and N 2 to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-11/387@ of September 10, 2015: Federal Tax Service has clarified the lists of codes for types of income and deductions for personal income tax.

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 37n of February 1, 2024 - amendments to Annexes Nos 1 to 3 to Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 884n of December 22, 2023 on distribution by constituent entities of the Russian Federation quotas approved by the Government of the Russian Federation for 2024 for the issuance of foreign citizens arriving to the Russian Federation on the basis of a visa, work permits and invitations to enter the Russian Federation for the purpose of work activities: some regions will be able to attract more foreign workers.

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 34 of January 24, 2024 on deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 144 of February 13, 2024 on conducting an experiment to provide a comprehensive service for state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, issuing a qualified key certificate for verifying the electronic signature of a legal entity or individual entrepreneur, opening a current account and concluding a remote banking service agreement - A new service will help to open its own business in a few clicks

Federal Law No. 8-FZ of February 14, 2024 on amending Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Frozen funds of mutual fund participants are exempt from taxes

Federal Law No. 9-FZ of February 14, 2024 on amending Articles 131 and 132 of the Criminal-Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - The concept of procedural costs has been clarified

Federal Law No. 12-FZ of February 14, 2024 on amending the Labour Code of the Russian Federation - Employers are prohibited from dismissing lone parents with children under 16 on their own initiative

Federal Law No. 13-FZ of February 14, 2024 on amending Article 51 of the Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation - The standards for transferring regular payments to the federal budget for the use of subsoil have been clarified

Federal Law No. 15-FZ of February 14, 2024 on amending the Code of Administrative Court Proceedings and the Federal Law on Counteracting Extremist Activities - Cases on recognition of information materials as extremist have been transferred to the courts of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 17-FZ of February 14, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the Promotion of Housing Construction - The procedure for transferring state land plots for tourism infrastructure has been simplified

Federal Law No. 18-FZ of February 14, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the Ensuring of the Uniformity of Measurements - From March 1, 2025, the system for ensuring uniformity of measurements will change

Federal Law No. 19-FZ of February 14, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the peculiarities of the functioning of the electric power industry - Compulsory sale of shares of companies combining the production and transmission of electricity is provided

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 263-r of February 7, 2024 - The “Swimming for All” program is being started in Russia

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 145 of February 13, 2024 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 252 of March 3, 2017 - Tourists must report access to a difficult route to the Ministry of Emergency Situations

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6660-U of January 9, 2024 on amending Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6007-U of December 8, 2021 - Insurance rates for compulsory civil liability insurance for vehicle owners have been updated

Information of the Bank of Russia of February 16, 2024 The Bank of Russia decided to maintain the key rate at 16.00% per annum

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-3/933@ of December 5, 2023 on approval of the tax return form for value added tax for the provision of services by foreign taxpayers in electronic form, and the procedure for filling it out

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of February 15, 2024 on average prices for the past tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon raw materials extracted from a new offshore hydrocarbon raw material deposit, for the period from January 1 to January 31, 2024

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 122 of February 15, 2024 - A special subcommittee will deal with the use of inventions, utility models and industrial designs to ensure the economic security of Russia

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated February 16, 2024 - on the rates of export customs duties on oil and certain categories of goods produced from oil, for the period from March 1 to March 31, 2024

Order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science No. 59/137 of January 31, 2024 - on the specifics of conducting state final certification upon completion of educational programs of basic general and secondary general education in 2024

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-02-28/9 of February 8, 2024: approaches to determining and disclosing dividend policy

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated February 16, 2024: requirements for the activities of trade organisers. The moratorium on downgrading the listing level of securities of Russian issuers in case of non-compliance with corporate governance requirements has been extended.

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 7-P of February 20, 2024: verifying the constitutionality of subitem 22.1 of Item 1 of Article 333.33 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of the limited liability company "DOM.RF Asset Management"

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated February 21, 2024: the license to banking operations has been revoked from QIWI Bank (JSC)

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6658-U of January 9, 2024 - amendments to Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 3210-U of March 11, 2014 on the Procedure for conducting cash transactions by legal entities and the simplified procedure for conducting cash transactions by individual businessmen and small businesses

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of February 26, 2024 on the rates of export customs duties on goods specified in Item 1 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023, as well as certain types of mineral fertilizers

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 8-P of February 26, 2024 in the case of verification of constitutionality of the provisions of Item 6 of Article 367 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation clarified the rule on the termination of a guarantee, the period of which is not established by the contract

Federal Law No. 28-FZ of February 26, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Russian shipowners will be able to transfer the technical management of the vessel to a specialised company

Federal Law No. 31-FZ of February 26, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Credit Histories and the Federal Law on Consumer Credits (Loans) - From March 1, 2025, citizens will be able to establish a self-ban on issuing consumer loans

Federal Law No. 35-FZ of February 26, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Priority Development Areas in the Russian Federation - The procedure for transferring state property to residents of priority development areas has been simplified

Federal Law No. 37-FZ of February 26, 2024 on amending Articles 149 and 343 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Amendments to legislation regarding VAT and mineral extraction tax are adopted

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 143 of February 26, 2024 on introducing amendments into Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 520 of August 5, 2022 on the Application of Special Economic Measures in the Financial and Fuel and Energy Sectors in Connection with the Unfriendly Actions of Certain Foreign States and International Organisations - The Government Commission on Foreign Investments will make recommendations on transactions with foreign shares in Russian companies

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 146 of February 28, 2024 on the strategic goals and development objectives of the Russian Science Foundation for the period until 2030

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 145 of February 28, 2024 on the strategy for scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 26n of December 28, 2023 on approval of the Procedure for submitting powers of attorney in cases provided for in Item 2 of part 1, Item 2 of part 3 of Article 17.2 and Item 2 of Article 17.3 of the Federal Law on Electronic Signatures, and the features of their storage in information systems operated by the Federal Treasury

Information of the Bank of Russia of February 28, 2024 The licence for banking operations was revoked from LLC KB Gefest

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 219 of February 28, 2024 on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation - The procedure for submitting notifications about the start of certain types of activities has been simplified

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 231 of February 28, 2024 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023 - It was decided to resume flexible duties on the export of coal

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 246 of February 29, 2024 The requirements for holding an electronic competition for the right to conclude a concession agreement or a public-private partnership agreement have been determined

Methodological Recommendations of the Bank of Russia No. 4-MR of February 29, 2024 To strengthen control over certain transactions of individual clients

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 243 of February 29, 2024 The export of gasoline is temporarily prohibited, and the ban on the export of diesel fuel will remain in effect until March 21

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-018-34/17 of February 29, 2024 Operators of the digital financial assets market should refrain from participating in the circulation of digital currencies

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-08-12/18 of February 29, 2024 on the risks of performing transactions with digital currencies and recommendations for financial organisations to exclude the offer of services involving such transactions

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 249 of March 1, 2024: approval of the Regulations on federal state control (supervision) in the field of production and circulation of tobacco products, nicotine-containing products and raw materials for their manufacturing

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 155 of March 1, 2024: conscription for military training in 2024 - for citizens of the Russian Federation being military reservists

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 12 of March 1, 2024: establishing import customs duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to certain types of epoxy and polyurethane resins in primary forms for the manufacturing of optical fibers

Information statement of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated February 29, 2024: for the attention of alcohol market participants! The procedure has been clarified for submitting information to EGAIS on the volume of retail sales of alcohol products (except for beer, beer drinks, cider, poire and mead) when providing catering services.

Information statement of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated March 1, 2024: Attention to alcohol market participants engaged in retail sales of alcoholic products marked with federal special brands when providing public catering services! Mandatory portion writing off for labelled alcohol for public catering to be postponed until July 1, 2024.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 242 of February 29, 2024: form and procedure for filling in a notice of tax deduction for an agreement on the protection and promotion of investments

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 256 of March 1, 2024: approval of the Rules for providing of a lump-sum payment established by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 975 of December 21, 2023 "On measures of social support for families with children affected by the Ukraininan aggression", and also a list of documents (information) necessary for obtaining such payment

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 32n of January 30, 2024: approval of document forms related to rendering public services in the field of promoting employment

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-15/1003@ of December 26, 2023: approval of the forms, procedure for filling in and formats for submitting registers provided for in subitems 1, 2, 4 to 6 of Item 1, Items 2 and 2.1 of Article 165 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, in electronic form. The validity of the zero VAT rate for exports to be proved by registers in electronic form.

Decree of the President of Russia No. 169 of March 5, 2024: amendments to the List of Russian business entities that are entitled to independently determine the content and (or) volume of information to be disclosed and (or) provided, approved by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 903 of November 27, 2023

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 491-r of March 1, 2024: list of economically significant organisations. At the legislative level, the specifics of regulating corporate relations in economically significant organisations have been established. A mechanism has been introduced to exclude foreign holdings from the ownership chain.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 262 of March 5, 2024: approval of the indexation ratio for social pensions - starting from April 1, 2024

Information from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated March 6, 2024: average price level for Urals oil for February 2024

Information from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated March 7, 2024: average prices for the previous tax period for the relevant types of hydrocarbon raw materials extracted from a new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from February 1 to February 29, 2024

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 16 of March 5, 2024 on approval of the rate of import customs duty of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to rods of optical glass - Optical glass rods can still be imported duty free

Federal Law No. 48-FZ of March 11, 2024 on amending Article 123.22 of Part One of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - The founders of liquidated institutions will be liable for their debts under public contracts

Federal Law No. 45-FZ of March 11, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The mechanism for providing financial services has been improved through the use of financial platforms

Federal Law No. 43-FZ of March 11, 2024 on amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - Liability has been established for the smuggling of alcohol or tobacco across the Russian border with the EAEU countries

Federal Law No. 42-FZ of March 11, 2024 on amending Article 11 of the Federal Law on Control over Activities of Persons under Foreign Influence and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - It is forbidden to place ads on foreign agents' resources

Federal Law No. 40-FZ of March 11, 2024 on the renunciation of the Agreement between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Fisheries - Russia has banned UK fishing vessels from fishing in the Barents Sea

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 265 of March 6, 2024 on a temporary ban on the export of rapeseed from the Russian Federation

Information of the Bank of Russia dated March 7, 2024 The Bank of Russia extended for another six months, until September 9, 2024, restrictions on the withdrawal of cash foreign currency

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia dated March 7, 2024 The ban on charging citizens a commission when issuing currency from accounts or deposits has been extended for six months

Decision of the working group of the Bank of Russia No. PRG-12-3/534 of March 6, 2024 on consideration of issues of issuing permits to carry out operations in respect of which prohibitions (restrictions) have been established on their performance in connection with unfriendly actions of foreign states

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 396 of December 4, 2023 on amending the General Rules for the Navigation and Mooring of Vessels in the Seaports of the Russian Federation - The Rules for the navigation and mooring in seaports are prescribed for autonomous vessels

Order of the Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation No. 1041 of December 4, 2023 - The classification of computer programs and databases used to comply with the ban on the admission of foreign software to procurement has been adjusted

Order of the Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare No. 112 of January 17, 2024 on approval of the form of the decision to terminate the permit for remote retail trade of medicinal products for human use

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 512-r of March 5, 2024 - The Government has approved an interdepartmental program of measures to identify and suppress cartels and other agreements that restrict competition for 2024-2028

Information of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation of March 11, 2024 г. "The Government Commission on Legislative Activities approved tax amendments regarding the implementation of the main directions of tax policy”

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 287 of March 12, 2024 on conducting an experiment on the territory of the Russian Federation on labelling by means of identification of certain types of building materials in consumer packaging

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 14 of March 1, 2024 on approval of the rate of import customs duty of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to titanium oxide - Import duty on titanium oxides has been reset to zero

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. EA-4-15/2652@ of March 7, 2024 on sending information. From April 1, 2024, amendments to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation will come into force on the introduction of the institution of an electronic bank guarantee, which is received by the tax authorities directly from the guarantors. In this regard, the Federal Tax Service has developed the recommended format and procedure for sending a bank guarantee to the tax authority, as well as the form, format and procedure

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 18 of March 13, 2024 on approval of the rate of import customs duty of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to certain types of chemical wood pulp, semi-bleached or bleached of non-coniferous - import duty on eucalyptus cellulose for the production of facing materials has been reduced

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated March 15, 2024: establishing a period within which the limitation should not apply with respect to value of the full cost of a consumer credit (loan)

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 292 of March 12, 2024: amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1625 of September 16, 2022. A list of foreign restrictive measures has been determined, upon the introduction of which companies are entitled to block or restrict access to their data, including to information from the accounting (financial) reporting and certain data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 198 of March 19, 2024: additional temporary economic measures related to fulfillment of obligations under certain securities

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-23/53@ of January 22, 2024: approval of forms and formats of documents used in drawing up a reasoned opinion of a tax authority in electronic form, forms of a reasoned opinion of a tax authority and requirements for their formalising

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 199 of March 19, 2024: amendments to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 520 of August 5, 2022 "On application of special economic measures in the financial and fuel and energy sectors in connection with the unfriendly actions of certain foreign states and international organisations

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6671-U of January 15, 2024: amendments to Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 5968-U of October 5, 2021 "On minimum (standard) requirements for conditions and procedure for voluntary life insurance with the condition of periodic insurance payments (rents, annuities) and (or) with participation of a policyholder in the investment income of the insurer, to the volume and content of the information provided on the voluntary life insurance contract with the condition of periodic insurance payments (rents, annuities) and (or) with participation of the policyholder in the investment income of the insurer, as well as the form, methods and procedure for providing such information". The consumer value of investment and cash-value life insurance policies has been increased.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 340 of March 20, 2024: amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 448 of March 24, 2022. The moratorium on antimonopoly inspections of IT companies has been lifted.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 343 of March 20, 2024: amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation. Social payments to health workers in sparsely populated areas have been increased.

Bank of Russia standard STO BR BFBO-1.8-2024 "Security of financial (banking) transactions. Ensuring the security of financial services during remote identification and authentication. Contents of information protection measures" (adopted and put into effect by Order of the Bank of Russia No. OD-326 of February 28, 2024)

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated March 22, 2024: license to banking operations has been revoked from Bank Strela JSC

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated March 22, 2024: Bank of Russia decided to keep the key rate at 16.00% per annum

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 57n of February 13, 2024: approval of the Procedure for calculating average earnings for the purpose of unemployment benefits

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia of March 22, 2024 on amending Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia of November 21, 2022 - The mode of S-type accounts has been clarified

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of March 22, 2024 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, 2024 - In April, zero rates of export duties on oil and petroleum products will remain

Federal Law No. 63-FZ of March 23, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the Fundamentals of the Tourism Business in the Russian Federation and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - From June 1, innovations are expected in the area of tourism

Federal Law No. 58-FZ of March 23, 2024 on amending Articles 102 and 126.2 of Part One and Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Citizens can receive tax deductions for long-term savings.

Federal Law No. 50-FZ of March 23, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the Securities Market - Individuals investing in derivative financial instruments received additional protection

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 363 of March 22, 2024 - It was decided to increase the discount on Urals oil.

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 18 of March 1, 2024 on amending the Combined Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union - The duty on ink for light industry has been reset to zero

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 12-P of March 26, 2024 in the case of verification of constitutionality of Item 1 of Article 1224 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation protected the rights of Russians living abroad when inheriting movable property

Information of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. PZ-3/2024 of March 25, 2024 on a simplified accounting system, including accounting (financial) reporting - The Ministry of Finance explained the advantages of a simplified accounting system

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 17 of March 1, 2024 on amending certain resolutions of the Commission of the Customs Union in relation to certain types of goods for the production of transformers - Certain goods for the production of transformers can be imported duty free

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of March 25, 2024 on the rates of export customs duties on goods specified in Item 1 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023, as Well as Certain Types of Mineral Fertilizers - The rates of exchange rate export duties for April are known

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 13-P of March 28, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of parts two and four of Article 20, parts one and two of Article 31, part four of Article 147, parts one and three of Article 318 of the Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court clarified the procedure for initiating and considering cases of domestic violence by district courts

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 373 of March 26, 2024 on conducting an experiment on the territory of the Russian Federation on the labelling of central heating radiators and their sections, heating convectors from April 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6663-U of January 9, 2024 on amending Instructions of the Bank of Russia No. 181-I of August 16, 2017 - Exchange control rules for foreign trade contracts have been relaxed for Russian companies.

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 27 of March 26, 2024 on approval of the rate of import customs duty of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to titanium waste and scrap - Zero duty on imported titanium has extended

Letter of the Federal Tax Service No. EA-4-15/3388@ of March 26, 2024 - New register formats for exporters to confirm the validity of the zero VAT rate can be used from April 1

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-15/162@ of February 28, 2024 - approval of the format and procedure for sending a bank guarantee to a tax authority in electronic form

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 221 of March 29, 2024 - a special procedure for carrying out certain types of transactions (operations) with shares (stakes in authorised capital) of certain business companies

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-15/19@ of January 16, 2024 - approval of the list of control ratios used to detect the fact of a violation of the procedure for filling in a notice of calculated amounts of taxes, fees, advance payments of taxes, insurance premiums

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-3/170@ of March 1, 2024 - approval of the form and format for presenting the calculation of the financial result of an investment partnership in electronic form

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. SD-7-2/148@ of February 21, 2024 - approval of the form and format for filing a notification about the impossibility of submitting documents (information) in electronic form within the established time frame

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 222 of March 31, 2024 - on the conscription of citizens of the Russian Federation for military service in April - July 2024 and on the dismissal from military service of citizens undergoing military service under conscription

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 728-r of March 28, 2024: outbound tourism - in 2024, the contribution to the reserve fund of the tour operators association is 1 rouble

Information from the Bank of Russia, dated March 29, 2024 - restrictions are extended for transfers abroad with respect to funds of non-residents from unfriendly countries from the broker accounts and trust accounts

Information statement of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation: updated list of passenger cars with an average cost of 10 million roubles (2024). For 2024, for the purpose of increased taxation, lists of passenger cars with an average cost have been compiled.

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-3/164@ of February 29, 2024 - approval of the list of control ratios of tax returns (calculations) provided for in paragraph two of subitem 1 of item 5 of Article 11.3 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. Unified tax account: Federal Tax Service has established control ratios for tax returns and calculations.

Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation No. 80n of February 29, 2024 - approval of the list of life events, occurrence of which provides citizens with opportunity to measures of social protection (support), social services provided within the framework of state social assistance, other social guarantees and payments

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-15/217@ of March 20, 2024 - approval of forms and formats for submitting to the tax authority in electronic form applications provided for in Articles 74.1, 176.1, 203.1 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, as well as procedures for their filling in and submission. Application form is established for notifying the taxpayer of the guarantor release from obligations under the bank guarantee.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 399 of March 30, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 339 of March 10, 2022: list of additional grounds for purchasing from a single supplier (contractor, performer) has been adjusted.

Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 744-r of March 29, 2024: Government has defined types of procurement information that should not be published on the EIS website.

Letter of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 02-06-06/29423 of April 1, 2024: methodological recommendations concerning applicability of certain unified forms of electronic documents approved by Order No. 61n as part of implementation of e-document management

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 409 of April 1, 2024: specifics of non-application of liability in 2024 with respect to persons registered with tax authorities at their location (place of residence) on the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye region, Kherson region

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-14/172@ of March 4, 2024: approval of application forms used by tax authorities for accounting of foreign organisations that are tax agents specified in Item 1.1 of Article 226 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, procedures for filling in such application forms and formats for submitting in electronic form

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 422 of April 3, 2024 - approval of the Rules for confirming the licensee's compliance with licensing requirements in the field of production and circulation of tobacco products, nicotine-containing products and raw materials for their production

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 421 of April 3, 2024 - approval of the Rules for revocation of licenses for production and circulation of tobacco products, nicotine-containing products and raw materials for their production in accordance with a decision of the federal control and supervision authority

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 419 of April 3, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 805 of April 30, 2022: limit on funds for issuing preferential mortgage loans to IT specialists is increased.

Federal Law No. 79-FZ of April 6, 2024 on amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Criminal-Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - The thresholds for large and especially large damages have been increased for the purposes of classifying economic crimes

Federal Law No. 78-FZ of April 6, 2024 on amending Articles 3.5 and 14.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - There will be fines for advertising phone calls.

Federal Law No. 75-FZ of April 6, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations - The powers of the Ministry of Justice in the area of religious associations are enshrined in legislation

Federal Law No. 74-FZ of April 6, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The debtor may apply to resume enforcement proceedings

Federal Law No. 68-FZ of April 6, 2024 on amending Article 9 of the Law of the Russian Federation on the State Border of the Russian Federation - Aircraft heading to drifting polar stations are exempt from border, customs and other types of control

Federal Law No. 66-FZ of April 6, 2024 on amending Article 24 of the Federal Law on State and Municipal Unitary Enterprises - Unitary enterprises are allowed to borrow not only in the form of loans and budget loans but also in other forms in cases established by the Government

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 16-P of April 9, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Item 6 of Article 138 of the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy) - The Constitutional Court determined the balance of interests of the tax authority and secured creditors in bankruptcy

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 244 of April 8, 2024 on amending Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 95 of March 5, 2022 on a Temporary Procedure for Fulfilling Obligations Owing to Certain Foreign Creditors and Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 665 of September 9, 2023 on the Temporary Procedure for the Fulfilment of Government Debt Obligations of the Russian Federation, Consisting of Government Securities the Nominal Value of Which Is Indicated in Foreign Currency, and Other Obligations on Foreign Securities to Residents and Foreign Creditors - The President prohibited the collection of mandatory payments from assets in S-type or I-type accounts

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 249 of April 8, 2024 on amending Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 723 of October 7, 2022 on the Application of Additional Special Economic Measures in the Fuel and Energy Sector in Connection with the Unfriendly Actions of Certain Foreign States and International Organisations - The deadline for the sale of shares of foreign shareholders of the Sakhalin-1 project has been extended.

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of April 10, 2024 on the average price of Urals oil for March 2024

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of April 10, 2024 on the average prices for the relevant types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from March 1 to March 31, 2024 for the past tax period

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 17-P of April 11, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Article 85, Part 4 of Article 87 and Article 211 of the Code of Administrative Proceedings of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: it is necessary to supplement the powers of the court when considering claims in the area of protection of cultural heritage sites

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-59/24 of April 11, 2024 on inappropriate practices in consumer lending. Banks should not charge borrowers a fee for changing the terms of loan agreements

Information statement of the Federal Service for Supervision over Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated April 12, 2024: filing an application for the extending or renewal of a license through the Public Services web-portal

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 470 of April 13, 2024 - amendments to certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation: the RF Government has approved the procedure for making a decision on extending the deadline for for companies resident in Russian special administrative regions (SAR) to be excluded from the register of foreign legal entities. Such decisions to be made by the Governmental commission for control of foreign investment.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 452 of April 16, 2024 - amendments to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 582 of August 3, 2023 "On measures to ensure compulsory state life and health insurance of citizens of the Russian Federation serving in volunteer formations

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 18-P of April 16, 2024 - concerning the case of verifying the constitutionality of Item 2 of part four of Article 426 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation in connection with a complaint of citizen I.Yu. Kolosov: Constitutional Court allowed consideration of real estate disputes by arbitration courts, subject to compliance with the public order of the Russian Federation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 454 of April 11, 2024 - standards have been established for providing beneficiaries with free medicines for 2024.

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 26n of March 19, 2024 - approval of the list of officials of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation authorised to draw up protocols on administrative offenses within the scope of state control (supervision) over the activities of a self-regulatory organisation of auditors

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated April 12, 2024 - he list of information that must be contained in the application for payments on Eurobonds with which the obligations of a Russian legal entity are associated, and the list of documents confirming the claims made by the Eurobond holder

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 444 of December 28, 2023 - approval of the Procedure for issuing permits for the export outside the territory of the Russian Federation of certain types of vehicles, their parts and components according to the list in accordance with Appendix No. 2 to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 312 of March 9, 2022 No. 312 'On the introduction on a temporary basis of a permit procedure for the export of certain types of goods outside the territory of the Russian Federation'

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated April 12, 2024 - establishing the procedure and timing for the forced conversion of securities of foreign issuers certifying rights in relation to shares of joint-stock companies with the status of an international company into shares of such joint-stock companies

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 19-P of April 18, 2024 - in the case of verifying the constitutionality of Part 10 of Article 162 and Part 3 of Article 200 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of the limited liability company Management Company "Mir": Constitutional Court has clarified that a management company must keep its responsibility under the contract until the emergence of a new management company.

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated April 12, 2024 - on the levels of credit ratings established in accordance with Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6032-U of December 23, 2021

Federal Law No. 90-FZ of April 22, 2024 on amening the Federal Law on Amending Certain Legal Acts of the Russian Federation - Temporary relief introduced for patent attorneys from new regions

Federal Law No. 86-FZ of April 22, 2024 on amening the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation - Businesses will be fined for non-compliance with requirements for the handling of livestock by-products

Federal Law No. 83-FZ of April 22, 2024 on amening the Federal Law on Solicitors'/Barristers' Activities and the Bar in the Russian Federation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-14/212@ of March 18, 2024 on amending the Appendix to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-14/729@ of December 29, 2016 - The Federal Tax Service has reduced the period of financial data about companies being in the public domain

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/20 of January 16, 2024 on amending the Appendix to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/1047@ of November 2, 2022 - The procedure for submitting notifications of calculated tax amounts has been updated

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 20-P of April 23, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Part 3 of Article 19, Parts 1 and 2 of Article 57, Part 1 of Article 59, Part 1 of Article 60 and Part 1 of Article 63 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court clarified the rules for providing vacated rooms in a communal apartment for social rent

Federal Law No. 96-FZ of April 22, 2024 on amening Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - amendments to the Tax Code were adopted: recording and control special stamps for applying to the packaging of tobacco and excisable nicotine-containing products will replace excise stamps; excise tax rates on Russian wines will be reduced from May 1, 2024; a coefficient is provided that increases the amount of mineral extraction tax when extracting semi-products containing one or more precious metals

Federal Law No. 95-FZ of April 22, 2024 on amening the Federal Law on Youth Policy in the Russian Federation - Amendments to legislation regarding youth employment were adopted.

Federal Law No. 93-FZ of April 22, 2024 on amening 93-ФЗ on amening the Federal Law on the State Language of the Russian Federation - The National Dictionary Fund is being created in Russia

Federal Law No. 92-FZ of April 22, 2024 on amening Articles 164 and 165 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - It will become easier to confirm the zero VAT rate for international transportation of goods

Federal Law No. 96-FZ of April 23, 2024 on amening Article 40 of the Federal Law on Advertising and the Federal Law on Amending Certain Legal Acts of the Russian Federation - Contracts for the installation and operation of advertising structures will be extended without bidding

Federal Law No. 97-FZ of April 23, 2024 on amening the Federal Law on the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (the Bank of Russia) - Systemically important banks will switch to internal ratings when assessing credit risk

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of April 23, 2024 on the export customs duties on crude oil and certain categories of goods manufactured from oil for the period from May 1 till May 31, 2024 - Zero rates of export duties on oil and petroleum products will remain in May

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of April 24, 2024 - Deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining for the second quarter of 2024 are known

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 21-P of April 25, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Part 6 of Article 32 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court protected the housing rights of former family members of the owner of seized emergency housing who refused to participate in its privatisation

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 125 of March 21, 2024 on forms of documents for admission to Russian citizenship and its termination have been updated

Information of the Bank of Russia dated April 26, 2024 The Bank of Russia decided to keep the key rate at 16.00 percent per annum

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of April 25, 2024 on the rates of export customs duties on goods specified in Item 1 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023, as well as certain types of mineral fertilizers

Instructions of the Bank of Russia No. 213-I of January 10, 2024 on open positions of credit institutions on currency risk - The regulation of open currency positions of credit institutions is being improved

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6667-U of January 10, 2024 on amending Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 421-P of May 30, 2014 on the Procedure for Calculation of the Short-Term Liquidity Ratio (Basel III) - The Bank of Russia has been changed the calculation of the short-term liquidity ratio (Basel III)

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 22-P of April 27, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of parts one to four of Article 74 and Item 7 of part one of Article 77 of the Labour Code of the Russian Federation - Employees who refuse to move to another area should be dismissed according to the rules of liquidation of the organisation

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia dated April 26, 2024 on the levels of credit ratings established in accordance with Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 421-P of May 30, 2014

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 41 of April 23, 2024 on the procedures for the formation and maintenance of general registers of persons carrying out activities in the area of customs affairs

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 506 of April 19, 2024 - on the state information system "Unified register of information on citizens subject to initial military registration, citizens that are already registered, as well as citizens that are not registered, but must be registered with the military registration"

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 35n of March 28, 2024 - approval of the Special List of states and territories that provide preferential tax treatment and (or) do not provide for disclosure and provision of information when conducting financial transactions (offshore zones)

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 547 of April 27, 2024 - on the introduction of temporary quantitative restrictions on the export of certain types of fertilizers

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 553 of April 27, 2024 - on amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023: from May 1 to August 31, 2024, it is decided not to apply flexible export duties on hard coal, briquettes, pellets and similar solid fuels obtained from hard coal, with the exception of coking coal.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 549 of April 27, 2024 - on the federal system of classification of goods for federal needs

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 563 of May 3, 2024 on a temporary ban on the export of cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in a solid form (code 1701 of the EAEU CN FEA), from the Russian Federation and on approval of the volumes of export of cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in a solid form (code 1701 of the EAEU CN FEA) from the Russian Federation to the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 572 of May 3, 2024 on the procedure for forming and maintaining the State Register of varieties and hybrids of agricultural plants approved for use

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 235 of April 18, 2024 - on deflator coefficients to the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 576 of May 4, 2024 - on the certification of experts in the field of safety of hydraulic facilities

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6614-U of November 29, 2023 - on the forms, deadlines and procedure for drawing up and submitting reports of liquidated credit institutions to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 582 of May 4, 2024 - on conducting an experiment on marking by means of identification of certain types of cable and wire products on the territory of the Russian Federation

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 314 of May 8, 2024 - approval of the Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the field of historical education

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 309 of May 7, 2024 - on the national development targets of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030 and for the future until 2036

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2024 on the average price of Urals oil for April 2024 - The average price of Urals oil increased in April

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2024 on average prices over the past tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon raw material deposit, for the period from April 1 to April 30, 2024

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 326 of May 11, 2024 on the structure of federal executive authorities - The structure of federal executive authorities has been updated.

Information of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets of May 6, 2024 information statement in connection with the adoption of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 467 of April 13, 2024. When licensing tobacco production, the requirement for equipment conservation will be assessed

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-59/30 of May 14, 2024 on the restructuring of credits (loans) of small and medium-sized enterprises

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 34 of April 22, 2024 on establishing the import customs duty rate of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union in relation to certain types of yarn of anids - The state will support tire manufacturers

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 33 of April 22, 2024 on establishing the import customs duty rate of the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union in relation to terephthalic acid and its salts - The zero import duty rate on terephthalic acid and its salts has been extended

Resolution of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 25 of April 12, 2024 on removing subheading 3002 90 800 0 from the Combined Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as on amendments to certain resolutions of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council - Some cell cultures are removed from the EAEU CN FEA

Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No. 899 of December 11, 2023 on state support for priority areas of the agro-industrial complex

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 585 of May 6, 2024 - An experiment on labelling low-alcohol beverages will be conducted in Russia

Federal Law No. 99-FZ of May 15, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the basic guarantees of electoral rights and the right to participate in a referendum of citizens of the Russian Federation and amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation

Order of the Federal Air Transport Agency No. 1024-P of November 15, 2023 - It will be possible to obtain land plots that are in federal ownership for the placement of air transport facilities, including airfields and airports, through the Portal of Government Services

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-15/202@ of March 14, 2024 - approval of the forms, procedure for filling in and formats for submitting registers provided for in Item 15 of Article 165 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (except for paragraph ten of Item 15 of Article 165 of the Tax Code Code of the Russian Federation), in electronic form

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-08-12/31 of May 15, 2024 - strengthening control of credit institutions over the activities of the bank payment agents they engage

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated May 17, 2024 - rates of export customs duties on oil and certain categories of goods produced from oil, for the period from June 1 to June 30, 2024

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 601 of May 15, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 854 of June 1, 2021: timing and procedure for conducting an experiment on special labeling of imported alcohol have changed. The experiment on labelling imported alcohol placed under the customs warehouse procedure with federal special stamps is until May 31, 2026.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 611 of May 17, 2024 - introduction of a temporary ban on the export from the Russian Federation of waste and scrap of precious metals or metals clad with precious metals, other waste and scrap containing precious metal or compounds of precious metals, mainly used for extraction of precious metals

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-3/184@ of March 11, 2024 - amendments to Annexes to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-3/525@ of May 31, 2021: calculation of the amount of excise duty on petroleum raw materials subject to deduction to be shown in the declaration according to the new rules.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 430 of May 20, 2024 - temporary procedure for acquiring exclusive rights of certain copyright holders and fulfilling monetary obligations to certain foreign creditors and entities controlled by them

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 617 of May 17, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 243 of February 29, 2024: temporary ban on the export of commercial gasoline is suspended until June 30, 2024.

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-04-45/32 of May 22, 2024 - on the inadmissibility of restricting free transfers of individuals: banks should not restrict the right of citizens to transfer funds between their accounts without commission. From May 1, 2024, citizens can transfer up to 30 million roubles between their bank accounts. Сommission is not allowed. It is unlawful for banks to limit the size and (or) number of such transactions during a day and (or) another period within a month. The services used in this case (in particular, SBP, remote banking channels) do not matter.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 442 of May 23, 2024 on a Special Procedure for Compensation of Damage Caused to the Russian Federation and to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Due to Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America (announced)

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 633 of May 22, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 819 of December 28, 2005: residents that are part of the same international group of companies with non-residents must report on the movement of money through accounts in foreign banks

Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated May 24, 2024 - establishment of macroprudential limits in relation to certain types of consumer credits (loans) and numerical values of credits (loans) terms, based on which macroprudential limits are differentiated

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of May 25, 2024 on the rates of export customs duties on goods specified in Item 1 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023, as well as certain types of mineral fertilizers - Rates of exchange rate export duties for June have been established

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 660 of May 23, 2024 on approval of requirements for organisations competent in the area of autonomous navigation provided for in Article 411 of the Code of Inland Water Transport of the Russian Federation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/74@ of January 29, 2024 on amending Appendices to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/1151@ of December 2, 2022 - The tax office will be able to send requests for payment of debts electronically

Information Letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-02-28/33 of May 28, 2024 on disclosure of information during a public offering of shares - Issuers are encouraged to disclose more information during the initial public offering

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 26-P of May 28, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Part 1 of Article 110 of the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court clarified the rules for reimbursement of legal costs in cases of procedural succession

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. SD-7-14/349@ of April 26, 2024 - New forms of notifications about accounts in foreign banks have been approved

Federal Law No. 100-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - When selling goods through electronic trading platforms, VAT is charged according to the country of destination

Federal Law No. 101-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Fishing and the Preservation of Aquatic Biological Resources and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Amendments have been made to the laws on fisheries, wildlife and amateur fishery

Federal Law No. 102-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the State Regulation of the Production and Circulation of Ethyl Alcohol and Alcoholic Drinks and on Restricting the Consumption (Drinking) of Alcohol Products - From June 1, alcohol can be sold on summer verandas.

Federal Law No. 103-FZ of May 29, 2024 on ratification of Protocol No. 2 to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on the provision of state export credit to the Government of the Republic of Turkey dated December 29, 2017 - Russia has restructured Turkey's export loan debt

Federal Law No. 107-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy) and Article 223 of the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation - The minimum amount of debt for corporate bankruptcy has been increased

Federal Law No. 123-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending Article 251 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - The procedure for exempting grants from income tax has been clarified

Federal Law No. 122-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending Article 7 of the Federal Law on Countering the Legalisation of Illegal Earnings (Money Laundering) and the Financing of Terrorism and Article 10 of the Federal Law on the National Payment System - The limit on money transfers with simplified client identification will be 100 thousand roubles

Federal Law No. 121-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending Articles 217 and 284.2 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Amendments to the Tax Code regarding the acquisition of property from controlled foreign companies were adopted

Federal Law No. 119-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending Article 7 of the Federal Law on Countering the Legalisation of Illegal Earnings (Money Laundering) and the Financing of Terrorism - The list of persons entitled to carry out simplified identification within the framework of the anti-money laundering law has been clarified

Federal Law No. 111-FZ of May 29, 2024 on amending Article 150 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - It was decided to supplement the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on the involvement of minors in crimes

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/137@ of February 16, 2024 on amending the appendix to Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-8/1134@ of November 30, 2022 - The Federal Tax Service has clarified the rules for obtaining tax deferments, installments, and loans

Information of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets dated May 30, 2024 - Participants in the alcohol market can use a paper bill of delivery until September 1, 2026

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 476 of June 1, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2173 of November 30, 2022: Rules for labelling beer and low-alcohol drinks have been improved.

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 262n of May 24, 2024 - approval of the requirements for the first aid kit for providing first aid using medical devices

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 750 of June 1, 2024 - conducting an experiment in relation to certain groups of goods, including packaged goods: experiment is starting in Russia to ensure that importers dispose waste from the use of goods.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 753 of June 1, 2024 - approval of the Rules for exchange of electronic contracts for the carriage of goods, electronic waybills, electronic road statements, electronic receipts for acceptance of cargo for transportation, information contained in them, between the carrier and the sender and directions such documents and the information contained therein into the state information system of electronic transportation documents

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 118 of April 8, 2024 - approval of the Regulations on the certification of external crew members of autonomous inland water navigation vessels

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 140 of April 22, 2024 - approval of the Rules for management of autonomous ships

Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 178 of May 22, 2024 - approval of the Federal Aviation Regulations 'Requirements for radio equipment and aviation telecommunications equipment used for air traffic services'

Information statement from the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated May 31, 2024: from March 1, 2024, the Unified State Automated Information System (EGAIS) will register grapes used for production of wine products. In this regard, acts of recording wine materials on the balance sheet (product type codes 321, 3211, 3212, 3231 and 3232), produced from grapes harvested in 2023 or earlier, removed from yeast and at the stage of work in progress, can be entered in the Unified State Automated Information System until August 1, 2024. Later, a ban will be inroduced on their recording in the Unified State Automated Information System.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 694 of May 28, 2024 - approval of the Regulations on conducting state environmental assessment

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-26/383@ of May 14, 2024 - approval of formats and forms of an electronic contract for the carriage of goods, an electronic waybill, an electronic road manifest and an electronic receipt for acceptance of cargo for transportation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-26/382@ of May 13, 2024 - approval of formats and forms of an electronic contract for the carriage of goods by sea and an electronic bill of lading

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 675 of May 27, 2024 - approval of the Rules for labelling medicinal products for veterinary use by means of identification and features of implementation of the state information system for monitoring the circulation of goods subject to mandatory labelling by means of identification in relation to medicinal products for veterinary use

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 676 of May 27, 2024 - approval of the Rules for labelling certain types of edible vegetable oils and fatty products with identification means and the specifics of the implementation of the state information system for monitoring the circulation of goods subject to mandatory labelling with identification means in relation to certain types of edible vegetable oils and oil and fat products

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 678 of May 27, 2024 - approval of the Rules for labelling non-alcoholic beer with identification means and features of implementation of the state information system for monitoring the circulation of goods subject to mandatory labelling with identification means in relation to non-alcoholic beer

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 28-P of June 4, 2024 - in the case of verifying the constitutionality of the provisions of Article 446 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and Article 213.25 of the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy), in connection with a complaint: the interrelated provisions of paragraph two of part one Article 446 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation and Items 2 and 3 of Article 213.25 of the Federal Law "On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)" are deemed not corresponding to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, its Articles 19 (part 1), 34 (part 1), 35 (parts 1 and 3) and 40 (parts 1 and 2), in as much as they do not provide for the certainty regarding the conditions for distribution of property (executive) immunity for proceeds of sale within the framework of the bankruptcy procedure owned by a debtor citizen for right of ownership and residential premises encumbered with a mortgage, which is for the citizen-debtor and his family members, jointly living in this residential premises, the only one suitable for permanent residence, and remaining after settlements with the collateral creditor.

Information statement of the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated June 4, 2024: for the attention of alcohol market participants producing beer and beer drinks - old recommendations, endorsed in 2013, with respect to keeping records of beer produced during periods of technical failures, are valid until September 1, 2024.

Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 12 of June 4, 2024 - preparing a case for trial in an arbitration court: the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation presented new clarifications on preparing cases for trial.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 268 of May 20, 2024 - amendments to the Procedure for making a decision on extending or shortening the period of temporary stay of a foreign citizen or stateless person in the Russian Federation, approved by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 296 of November 22, 2021

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-59/34@ of June 3, 2024 - increasing the attention of credit institutions to various formats for providing financial services in rural areas and in remote, sparsely populated and hard-to-reach areas

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated June 7, 2024 - the Bank of Russia decided to maintain the key rate at 16.00% per annum: on June 7, 2024, the Bank of Russia decided to maintain the key rate at 16% per annum. However, the Bank of Russia allows for the possibility of raising the key rate at the next meeting.

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6676-U of February 1, 2024 - amendments to Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 511-P of December 3, 2015 'On the procedure for calculating the market risk magnitude by credit institutions'

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. BS-7-26/447@ of June 5, 2024 on amending Order of the Federal Tax Service No. MMV-7-6/443@ of July 15, 2011 - Reports through the Federal Tax Service website in pilot mode may be submitted until mid-2025

Order of the Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation No. 62 of January 31, 2024 on approval of the Regulations on the federal state information system "Registers of Programs for Electronic Computers and Databases"

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 29-P of June 11, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Item 3 of Article 6 and Item 1 of Article 39.20 of the Land Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court recognized the right of owners of subterranean garages to register land plots as ownership or lease

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 761 of June 1, 2024 on approval of the Rules for the provision of instructor-guide services

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 760 of June 1, 2024 on notifications about accompanying tourists (excursionists) on a tourist route requiring special escort

Federal Law No. 141-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending Articles 4 and 18 of the Federal Law on Clearing, Clearing Activities and Central Counterparties - Amendments to legislation regarding bankruptcy of clearing participants were adopted

Federal Law No. 140-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Mortgages (Pledge of Real Estate) - Citizens were allowed to independently sell mortgaged property

Federal Law No. 138-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending Article 17 of the Federal Law on the Protection of Children from Information That May Be Harmful to Their Health and Development - Expert examination of information products for children: it was decided to make accreditation of experts electronic

Federal Law No. 136-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending Article 71 of the Federal Law on Education in Russian Federation - The list of sporting events, the winners of which can enter universities without exams, has been added

Federal Law No. 133-FZ of June 12, 2024 on amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - It was decided to decriminalize some crimes involving copyright infringement and causing property damage

Federal Law No. 131-FZ of June 12, 2024 on ratification of Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states, on the one hand, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the other hand

Federal Law No. 129-FZ of June 12, 2024 on ratification of protocols on amendments to Russian-Serbian intergovernmental agreements - Russia will restructure Serbia's debts on state loans

Federal Law No. 128-FZ of June 12, 2024 on ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the area of creating an International Scientific Lunar Station

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated June 13, 2024 on the average price level for Urals oil for May 2024

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation dated June 13, 2024 on the average prices for the past tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon raw material deposit, for the period from May 1 to May 31, 2024

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 260 of May 16, 2024 on amending Appendices No. 6 and No. 9 to Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 536 of July 30, 2020 - The procedure for sending notifications about foreigners carrying out labour activities in Russia will change

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 500 of June 13, 2024 on amending Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 250 of May 1, 2022 on Additional Measures to Ensure the Information Security of the Russian Federation - Government authorities and strategic companies will be prohibited from using cybersecurity services from unfriendly countries

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 497 of June 13, 2024 on amending Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 961 of December 27, 2022 on Special Economic Measures in the Fuel and Energy Sector in Connection with the Establishment of the Maximum Price for Russian Oil and Oil Products by Some Foreign States - The ban on oil supplies under contracts with price ceilings has been extended

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 804 of June 15, 2024 - peculiarities of labelling tobacco products imported into the Russian Federation and monitoring the circulation of tobacco products: from July 1, 2024, foreign tobacco products imported into Russia for sale must have a label on the packaging and a tax stamp.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 522 of June 17, 2024 - on the Federal Medical and Biological Agency: the Agency is now operating under the Presidential jurisdiction.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 789 of June 12, 2024 - establishing the cost of living per capita and for the main socio-demographic population groups as a whole in the Russian Federation for 2025

Decree of the President of Russia No. 529 of June 18, 2024 - approving the priority areas of scientific and technological development and the list of the most important science-intensive technologies

Order of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation No. 286n of June 4, 2024 - invalidating certain orders of the Ministry of Public Health relating to medicinal products for medical use: electronic registration of medicines is being introduced in Russia. In this regard, certain acts and provisions of the RF Ministry of Public Health to be deemed null and void

Information statement of the Bank of Russia, dated June 17, 2024: licence to carry out banking transactions has been revoked from Avtogradbank JSC

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 31-P of June 20, 2024 - in the case of verifying the constitutionality of Article 183 of the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation in connection with a request from the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation: the contested norm does not comply with the Constitution. Lack of deadlines leads to legal uncertainty, and the arbitrary definition threatens the interests of a creditor and a debtor, and also contradicts the constitutional principles of equality and justice, as well as to the guarantees of the right to judicial protection.

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 288 of May 24, 2024 - on approval of the Procedure for carrying out mandatory state fingerprint registration and photographing of foreign citizens and stateless persons that arrived in the Russian Federation for purposes not related to labour activities for a period exceeding ninety calendar days, or for the purpose of carrying out labour activities, as well as foreign citizens and stateless persons wishing to enter the Russian Federation for such purposes

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of June 21, 2024 on the export customs duties on crude oil and certain categories of goods manufactured from oil for the period from July 1 till July 31, 2024 - Export duty rates on oil and petroleum products will also remain zero in July.

Federal Law No. 160-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending Article 19 of the Federal Law on Farm Households and the Federal Law on Agricultural Improvement - Agricultural producers and farmers are allowed to engage in rural tourism

Federal Law No. 158-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Information, Information Technologies and the Protection of Information and Articles 11 and 15 of the Federal Law on the Activities of Foreign Persons on the Internet in the Russian Federation - The procedure for restricting access to copies of blocked sites has been simplified

Federal Law No. 151-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending certain Legal acts of the Russian Federation - Restrictions have been introduced on loans with variable rates

Federal Law No. 148-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending. Article 5 of Part One and Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - Tax benefits are introduced for participants in the free economic zone in the adjacent territories of Ukraine and new regions

Federal Law No. 146-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending.the Federal Law on Consular Regulations of the Russian Federation - Amendments have been made to the Consular Regulations regarding the legalization of foreign official documents

Federal Law No. 145-FZ of June 22, 2024 on the legalization of Russian and foreign official documents and on the requisition of personal documents

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 33-P of June 25, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Item 1 of Article 1276 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court allowed the free publication of images of publicly accessible monuments in guidebooks

Federal Law No. 147-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending. the Federal Law on the free economic zone in the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye region and Kherson region - From July 1, 2024, tax benefits will be provided to participants of the free economic zone in regions bordering Ukraine

Federal Law No. 144-FZ of June 22, 2024 on amending. certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The development of engineering services and industrial design will be stimulated in Russia

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of June 25, 2024 on the rates of export customs duties on goods specified in Item 1 of Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1538 of September 21, 2023, as well as certain types of mineral fertilizers - The export duty rate will be 4.5% of the customs value

Review of judicial practice on certain issues of application of Article 15.25 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences - The Supreme Court summarized the judicial practice of considering cases of violation of currency legislation

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6729-U of May 21, 2024 on amending Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 803-P of August 1, 2022 - The Chart of Accounts for non-credit financial institutions, credit history bureaus, and credit rating agencies has been adjusted.

Regulations of the Bank of Russia No. 836-P of March 28, 2024 on establishing requirements for non-state pension funds for calculating the amount of obligations under compulsory pension insurance agreements, non-state pension agreements and long-term savings agreements on the basis of an internal document

Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 21 of June 25, 2024 on amending certain resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in criminal cases - The Plenum of the Supreme Court clarified when a driver can leave the scene of an accident

Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 17 of June 25, 2024 on certain issues that arise for courts when considering cases of administrative offences that encroach on the established procedure for information support of elections and referendums - Plenum of the Supreme Court on electoral violations: foreign agents have no right to campaign but screenshots can be evidence

Order of the Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation No. 848 of May 27, 2024 on approval of the format of the power of attorney in the form of an electronic document signed with an encrypted and certified digital signature of the principal

Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 76 of June 25, 2024 - establishing the rate of import customs duty of the Unified Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union with respect to dried coconuts

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 857 of June 26, 2024 - conducting an experiment on labelling by means of identification of certain types of grocery and other foods on the territory of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 861 of June 26, 2024 - conducting an experiment on marking by means of identification of certain types of lubricants and special automotive fluids on the territory of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 867 of June 27, 2024 - conducting an experiment on the territory of the Russian Federation on marking by means of identification of certain types of pyrotechnic products, certain types of fire extinguishing agents, certain types of fire safety equipment, certain types of products for civil defence and protection from emergency situations of natural and man-made character

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 877 of June 28, 2024 - approval of the Rules for organising the activities of public environmental inspectors

Information letter of the Bank of Russia No. IN-03-23/37 of June 28, 2024 - application of the PCC limitation in the third quarter of 2024: the Bank of Russia informed about approaches to the application of a restriction on the full cost of a consumer credit (loan) (PCC) when concluding (adjusting) by credit institutions in the third quarter of 2024 consumer credit (loan) agreements. It is decided not to extend the moratorium on application of the PCC limit on consumer loans and certain types of loans.

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia, dated June 28, 2024 - establishing premiums for risk coefficients

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 882 of June 28, 2024 - amendments to Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 243 of February 29, 2024: the temporary ban on the export of commercial gasoline shall be deemed suspended for another month, until July 31, 2024.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 893 of June 29, 2024 - introduction of a tariff quota for the export of waste and scrap ferrous metals outside the territory of the Russian Federation to states that are not members of the Eurasian Economic Union, and on amendments to the rates of export customs duties on goods, exported from the Russian Federation outside the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union

Review of judicial practice in cases of crimes related to the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their analogues (approved by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on June 26, 2024)

List of instructions on healthcare development issues (approved by the President of the Russian Federation on June 29, 2024): the National Medical Chamber will be given additional powers. The President gave a number of instructions on the development of healthcare. They relate in particular to the following:<br> - vesting the National Medical Chamber with additional powers in healthcare;<br> - further development of self-regulation in the field of medical and pharmaceutical activities;<br> - improving the system of continuous education of medical and pharmaceutical workers;<br> - strengthening the responsibility of heads of federal departments and heads of regions for implementation of the President’s decisions in the field of providing medical care.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 569 of July 2, 2024 - amendments to Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 73 of January 27, 2024 on the temporary procedure for the disclosure and provision of information by business entities that are economically significant organisations and certain other entities: Ministry of Economic Development should be provided with information on core organisations that are directly or indirectly owned by foreign persons or entities. If such organisations or their subsidiaries are credit or non-credit financial institutions, information must be sent to the Bank of Russia.

Information from the RF Ministry of Finance, dated July 3, 2024: the Government has submitted to the State Duma draft amendments to the bill on improving the tax system.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 908 of July 3, 2024 - conducting an experiment on the territory of the Russian Federation to create, test and implement the information system “National Digital Transport and Logistics Platform” for processing cargo transportation

Order of the Federal Tax Service No. ED-7-17/423@ of May 27, 2024 - approval of the form, the procedure for filling it in and the format for submitting information provided for in Item 8.1 of Article 85 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, in electronic form: a form has been established for sending information on the issuance of an overseas passport to the tax office.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 913 of July 4, 2024 - amendments to Deision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 564 of May 10, 2018: fees for operators of electronic platforms have been differentiated when concluding contracts under 44-FZ.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 920 of July 6, 2024 - introduction of a temporary ban on the export of rice and rice cereals from the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 169-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Federal Law "On Experimental Legal Regimes in the Sphere of Digital Innovation in the Russian Federation": insurance will be required to operate in experimental legal regimes.

Federal Law No. 167-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to certain legal acts of the Russian Federation: customs authorities are given powers to exercise certain types of state control at border checkpoints.

Federal Law No. 170-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Federal Law "On the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom": the Rosatom State Corporation can issue bonds. The powers and functions of the state corporation in the field of ensuring the technological independence of critical information infrastructure facilities of the Russian Federation have been determined.

Federal Law No. 173-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to Article 17 of the Federal Law "On Compulsory Pension Insurance in the Russian Federation" and Article 26.1 of the Federal Law "On Insurance Pensions": pensions of working pensioners will increase.

Federal Law No. 165-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses: fines for violations in the field of timber turnover to be included into the KoAP.

Federal Law No. 166-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Water Code of the Russian Federation: issues of using water bodies for the operation of floating craft have been settled.

Information from the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated July 8, 2024 - the average level of prices for Urals oil for June 2024

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 39n of April 4, 2024 - approval of the Procedure for drawing up and maintaining a consolidated budget list of the federal budget and budget lists of the main managers of federal budget funds, as well as approval (amendment) and bringing (revocation) of limits on budget obligations in the course of implementation of the federal budget

Federal Law No. 174-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to the Federal Law on state registration of vehicles in the Russian Federation and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation

Federal Law No. 163-FZ of July 8, 2024 - on the execution of the budget of the Federal Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund for 2023

Federal Law No. 172-FZ of July 8, 2024 - amendments to Articles 2 and 5 of the Federal Law on the Provision of State and Municipal Services: obtaining documents for children becomes easier in terms of issuing certificates, extracts and other information on paper within the framework of provision of state or municipal services.

Information from the Federal Service for Control of Alcohol and Tobacco Markets, dated July 9, 2024 - on the retail sales of alcoholic products marked with federal special brands, in providing public catering services

Order of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation No. 87n of June 11, 2024 - approval of the list of risk indices of violation of mandatory requirements in implementation of federal state control (supervision) in the field of production and circulation of tobacco products, nicotine-containing products and raw materials for their production

Information statement of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, dated July 11, 2024 - average prices for the previous tax period for the corresponding types of hydrocarbon raw materials produced at a new offshore hydrocarbon field for the period from June 1 to June 30, 2024

Order of the Federal Treasury No. 2n of May 7, 2024 - approval of the Working Chart of Accounts for centralised accounting and the Rules for formation of the accounting code, as well as the procedure for making changes to the Working Chart of Accounts for centralised accounting within the framework of a unified accounting policy

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6681-U of February 12, 2024 - requirements for brokerage activities when a broker performs individual transactions at the expense of the client

Order of the Bank of Russia No. OD-1027 of June 27, 2024 - establishing signs of transferring funds without the voluntary consent of the client and cancelling the Bank of Russia Order No. OD-2525 of September 27, 2018

Federal Law No. 176-FZ of July 12, 2024 - amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, certain legal acts of the Russian Federation and recognition as invalid of certain provisions of legal acts of the Russian Federation

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 929 of July 10, 2024 - approval of the Regulations on the State Unified Cloud Platform

Federal Law No. 185-FZ of July 13, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on the Electric Power Industry and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - A backbone local grid company will appear in each region

Federal Law No. 181-FZ of July 13, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The procedure for intermunicipal cooperation has been revised, and the residency requirement has been temporarily lifted from candidates for senators from new regions

Federal Law No. 177-FZ of July 13, 2024 on amending the Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation and certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - The Budgetary Code has been clarified in connection with the introduction of a progressive personal income tax scale, the mechanism for writing off regional debts on budget loans has been changed

Decision of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia of July 11, 2024 on interest rates on exchange swaps - Currency swap rates have changed

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 953 of July 12, 2024 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1681 of October 12, 2023 - The ceiling for the mandatory sale of foreign currency earnings by large exporters has been lowered again

Federal Law No. 176-FZ of July 12, 2024 on amending Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation - A multi-stage progressive personal income tax scale has been established

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 950 of July 12, 2024 on amending Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 575 of April 2, 2022 - The Council of Ministers has simplified the procedure for preparing documentation for the placement of linear objects

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 958 of July 13, 2024 on approval of the Rules for payment of the redemption amount in the event of special life situations - A procedure has been established for obtaining long-term savings when paying for expensive treatment or losing a breadwinner

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6748-U of June 13, 2024 on the procedure for filing an application to remove information from the suspicious transactions database - The Bank of Russia maintains a database of suspicious transactions, to which all banks are required to transmit identifiers of fraudulent transactions, including information about the recipient of the money. Credit institutions need this information to prevent new deposits of funds into criminal accounts. Individuals and companies can appeal the inclusion of their details in the database of fraudulent transactions

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 39-P of July 18, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of the provisions of Part 1.3-3 of Article 32.2 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences - The Constitutional Court authorised a fine of half the amount for an offence identified by the prosecutor's office

Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 38-P of July 18, 2024 In the case of verifying the constitutionality of Part 4 of Article 7, paragraph one of part 1 and part 7 of Article 18 of the Federal Law on the Responsible Treatment of Animals and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation - The Constitutional Court explained to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation the rules for determining the grounds for killing captured ownerless animals

Resolution of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 82 of July 16, 2024 on amending the Combined Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activity of the Eurasian Economic Union and the Common Customs Tariff of the Eurasian Economic Union in relation to certain types of lids - Canning lids have a separate code of the EAEU CN FEA

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6711-U of April 1, 2024 on insurance rates for compulsory insurance of civil liability of the owner of a hazardous facility for damage caused by an accident at a hazardous facility

Federal Law No. 190-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation - It was decided to maintain a unified register of orphan works, that is, those whose protection period supposedly has not yet expired, but permission to use them is impossible to obtain because their author or other copyright holder is unknown

Federal Law No. 188-FZ of July 22, 2024 on ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus on securities prospectuses - Russia and Belarus agreed on mutual recognition of securities prospectuses

Federal Law No. 212-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Precious Metals and Precious Stones - Branding of jewellery when exported outside the EAEU will be voluntary

Federal Law No. 210-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Countering Combat Legalisation (Laundering) of Illegally Obtained Proceeds and Financing of Terrorism - The limit on transactions for individuals to transfer taxes and make utility payments without identification has been increased

Federal Law No. 208-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending Articles 61.17 and 189.96 of the Federal Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy) and Articles 19 and 39 of the Federal Law on Insuring Natural Persons' Deposits with Banks of the Russian Federation - The selling of assets of bankrupt banks has been accelerated

Federal Law No. 207-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on State Registration of Real Estate - Decisions to suspend cadastral registration or registration of rights can be appealed out of court

Federal Law No. 202-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Banks and Banking Activities - Citizens who receive social support measures will be able to open social bank accounts and deposits

Federal Law No. 205-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending the Law of the Russian Federation on Subsoils - The procedure for the provision of sites with minerals for the construction of main pipelines has been clarified

Federal Law No. 198-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - Regulatory burden reduced for financial companies

Federal Law No. 201-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending Article 5 of the Federal Law on Banks and Banking Activities - Banks can carry out transactions with numismatic coin sets

Federal Law No. 196-FZ of July 22, 2024 on amending certain legal acts of the Russian Federation - It is allowed to enter into concession agreements and public-private partnership agreements regarding space infrastructure

Information of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation of July 22, 2024 on the rates of export customs duties on crude oil and certain categories of goods manufactured from oil for the period from August 1 till August 31, 2024 - In August, zero rates of export duties on oil and petroleum products will again remain

List of instructions from the President of Russia following a meeting with members of the Government - The Government will develop car tourism

Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6710-U of April 1, 2024 on amending Appendix 1 to Direction of the Bank of Russia No. 6137-U of May 16, 2022 on insurance rates for compulsory insurance of civil liability of the carrier for damage caused to the life, health or property of passengers during transportation - There are new tariffs for carrier liability insurance

Federal Law No. 214-FZ of July 24, 2024 on amending the Federal Law on Physical Culture and Sports in the Russian Federation and Article 3 of the Federal Law on the Public-Law Company "Unified Gambling Regulator" - Professional sports leagues have received additional opportunities to organise international competitions

Order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation No. 462 of July 22, 2024 on deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining - Deflator coefficients for the mineral extraction tax rate for coal mining for the current quarter have been determined