洞察

On 27 January 2017, the State Duma passed in the final reading the bill on amendments to the Code of Administrative Violations (hereinafter - the 'Administrative Code'). The bill is aimed at enhancing the administrative liability for violation of the procedure for collection, storage, use or dissemination of information on citizens (personal data) established by the Russian Federation.

The following documents have been published on the web-portal of the Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications ('Roskomnadzor') focusing on the issues of personal data protection

The Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 9 dated 14 January 2017 established  bans on the admission of...

On 1 January 2017 the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 925 dated 16 September 2016 that established the priority of goods of Russian origin, works and services performed and rendered by Russian entities over the goods originating from a foreign country, works and services performed or rendered by foreign entities for the purposes of procuring goods, works and services through a tender, auction and other procurement procedures (except for the single source procurement procedure) by certain legal entities became effective.

The Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1518 dated 26 December 2016 amended the value of assets of financial institutions for the purpose of antimonopoly control in Russia of transactions and other actions with respect to such institutions.

The Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1581 dated 31 December 2016 amended the list of medical goods, the sale and import of which in the territory of the Russian Federation and other territories under its jurisdiction are not subject to (exempted from) the value added tax.