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Data breach notification obligation has been introduced for players of the financial sector in Russia
We would like to inform you of the data beach notification obligation imposed on certain players of financial sector, namely payment system operators, money transfer...
21 December 2018Newsletters
Recent amendments to the Customs Register of Intellectual Property
We would like to inform you that, on September 4, 2018, the amendments to the procedure of, trademark inclusion into the Customs Register of Intellectual Property (“Customs Register”) came into force....
23 November 2018Newsletters
New VAT obligations for the non-Russian providers of B2B electronic (online) services
We would like to inform you about the new VAT obligations for the non-Russian providers of B2B electronic (online) services that will come into force on January 1, 2019....
16 November 2018Newsletters
Russian Antimonopoly Enforcement: Developments for 2018 and Trends for 2019
We have released Russian Antimonopoly Enforcement: Developments for 2018 and Trends for 2019. This review looks back at the major competition/antitrust developments in...
8 November 2018Newsletters
Forthcoming fundamental changes of the Russian data protection legislation
We would like to inform you that on 10th October 2018, the Russian Federation signed a protocol modernizing the *Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of...
7 November 2018Newsletters
Amendments to the Russian Anti-Corruption Regulations
This is to inform you that the President of the Russian Federation has introduced to the State Duma the Draft of Federal Law on amendments to anti-corruption regulations referred to the restrictions...
2 November 2018Newsletters
New category of employees in Russia from 2019 – persons of pre-retirement age
Starting January 1, 2019, the amended pension legislation comes into force in Russia. As per the new rules “pre-retirement-age” employees¹ are defined as individuals who will reach in five years the...
29 October 2018Newsletters
Review of the Russian court practice regarding influence of the anti-Russian sanctions on contractual obligations
As you know, the first international economic sanctions against the Russian Federation were imposed in 2014, due to the situation in the Crimea. Since then, the EU and the USA have imposed a number of...
25 October 2018Newsletters