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Dimitri Papadopoulos, Executive Director of GRATA International, in the framework of interview, shared his life journey and professional experience: So, Dimitri, tell us a little bit about yourself. Your surname suggests Greek roots. Is that correct? How long have you been practicing law? In which areas of law do you specialize? 

In order to successfully solve the tasks provided for in the «National Program for the Development of Civil Aviation of Turkmenistan for 2012-2030», as well as the consistent modernization of the aircraft fleet and ensuring flight safety, the President of Turkmenistan signed a Resolution authorizing the «Türkmenhowaýollary» Agency of the Transport and Communications Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers conclude a contract with Boeing (USA) for the purchase of 4 «Boeing 737-8 aircraft».

Since October 2022, Government Resolution No. 713, which sets out the measures to regulate prices, has been in force in Belarus (https://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=C22200713&p1=1&p5=0). Price restrictions affect producers, importers and sellers of goods on the Belarusian market. The list of regulated consumer goods includes 330 items, including food, clothes, electrical goods, cars and spare parts, construction materials.

In January 2023, the Law allowing the parallel import of goods essential for the domestic market was adopted (https://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=H12300241). It allows suppliers to import these essential goods into Belarus without the consent of the rightsholder - a resident of the foreign country. The Law stipulates that the Belarusian Government must appoint state authorities responsible for the essential goods lists.

In June 2023, the Belarusian Government updated the list of legal entities, whose shareholders are unfriendly state residents and cannot alienate their stocks (shares in the authorized capital). We remind you that the list was prepared as a countermeasure to foreign sanctions imposed on Belarus within the last 3 years and the unfriendly states are specified in the Government Resolution of April 6, 2022 No. 209 (https://pravo.by/document/?guid=12551&p0=C22200209&p1=1&p5=0).

To comply with the Edict the Belarusian Government issued a resolution dated May 24, 2023 on the establishment of the Secretariat and approval of its article of association.