On February 14, 2025, the Bank of Russia decided to keep the key rate at 21% per annum. 

The Bank of Russia has clarified the procedure for applying temporary restrictive measures when making transactions with shares (shares in the authorised capital) of economically significant organisations. 

Entities providing accounting or legal services, audit organisations and individual auditors, lawyers and notaries (and other persons) must notify Rosfinmonitoring of suspicious transactions of persons engaged in digital currency mining and mining pool organisers in order to counteract the legalisation (laundering) of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism.

The deadlines for providing notifications to the Bank of Russia about appointment to a position, as well as about dismissal from a position (about temporary performance of duties and termination thereof) of some officials holding positions in a financial company have been adjusted. They are synchronised with the provisions of relevant federal laws.

The Central Bank has defined a list of information that non-state pension funds, joint stock investment funds and management companies of mutual funds, non-state pension funds or mutual funds have the right not to disclose until December 31, 2025.

The corresponding amendments were made recently to Decision of the RF Government No. 1625 of September 16, 2022, which defines cases when access to information (data) contained in the State Register of Legal Entities and the Unified State Register of Legal Entities may be restricted. 

Rules have been developed for the Bank of Russia to send mandatory orders in connection with the non-compliance of shareholders (participants) of the administrator of financial and commodity indicators with the requirements established by law, as well as in the event of non-compliance with the qualification requirements or requirements for the business reputation of the management body of the administrator and its officials.

Recommendations have been issued for protecting application software of automated systems and applications of credit and non-credit financial institutions. They are intended for software developers, for applicants for product certification, as well as for certification bodies, testing laboratories and organisations that independently conduct conformity assessments, engaged in software certification for compliance with information security requirements, including requirements for vulnerability analysis and control over the absence of undeclared capabilities.

From July 1, 2024, the obligation has been established for resident legal entities that are part of the same international group of companies with non-residents to submit Reports and Notifications to the tax authorities on foreign accounts of such non-resident legal entities at the place of their registration. 

The Decree on the temporary procedure for fulfilling obligations to certain foreign creditors has been adjusted. 

From July 1, 2024, Russian companies included in the same international group of companies (IGC) with non-residents must notify tax authorities of non-residents' accounts in foreign banks and file reports on the flow of funds. These requirements do not apply if they are fulfilled by the parent company of the IGC or a participant in the IGC, and also if more than 50% of the group's assets are located abroad, the resident does not participate in the capital or does not control non-residents in any other way, and non-residents do not participate in the capital of the resident or do not control its activities in any other way. 

A program for creating shareholder value of public joint stock companies has been adopted. Its main characteristics are given. The short-term goal is to support the best market practices of issuers by preserving the values of corporate culture, the long-term goal is to increase the investment attractiveness of issuers to increase their shareholder value. 

The EAEU member states must independently establish the date of introduction and the procedure for labelling certain types of canned products on their territory, notifying the EEC of such date no later than 6 months before it occurs.

A new function has appeared in the taxpayer's personal accounts. Using the online service, you can send information about receiving digital currency to the tax authority. Taxpayers who are engaged in digital currency mining must report to the authorised body on the mined currency no later than the 20th day of the month following the month in which the digital currency was received. 

The priority task is to develop long-term savings and investment instruments for citizens. 

The Bank of Russia has updated the procedure for conducting control measures in relation to supervised organisations. It applies to branches of foreign banks. The responsibilities of companies to be fulfilled following the results of the audit have been clarified.

The issues of conducting cash transactions with foreign currency in authorised banks in Russia have been re-regulated. The actions of cashiers, requirements for accepting and issuing currency, for working with questionable banknotes, etc., have been clarified.

Insurance of damage caused to life, health or property of other persons within the framework of the experimental legal regime in the area of digital innovations became mandatory from January 5, 2025. If, during the implementation of the regime, as a result of the use of solutions developed using artificial intelligence technologies, harm is caused to the life, health or property of a person or the property of a legal entity, then the regulatory body must create a commission to establish the circumstances under which such harm was caused. 

In Russia, registers of persons mining digital currency and operators of mining infrastructure have been created. A notification of the entry of information into them serves as confirmation. No other documents should be attached to it.