On April 26, 2022 the Federation Council approved a law amending Article 16 of the Law of the Russian Federation of February 7, 1992 № 2300-I “On Protection of Consumer Rights”, which prohibits sellers, performers, owners of aggregators to refuse a consumer in contract, execution, modification or termination due to the refusal of the consumer to provide personal data.

Ministry of Industry and Trade develops an order with a list of goods and brands that can be imported without the permission of the copyright holder.

On April 4, 2022, the Decree of the Russian Government No. 511 “On the Specifics of the Legal Regulation of Employment Relations and other Directly Connected Relations in 2022” came into force.

Counsel of the Lidings’ Tax and Customs practice Dmitry Kirillov will speak at the conference devoted to Criminal Risks for IT Providers. 

The new version of the Draft Law “On external administration to manage a company” (Draft Law) dated 12th April 2022 was introduced to the State Duma. 

The Draft Law was significantly revised, especially in part of the scope of application and the procedure of the external administration implementation. 

Senior Associate in the Lidings’ Intellectual Property practice Vladislav Ryabov will take part in an annual conference entitled Intellectual Property - 2022 organized by Pravo.ru. The conference will take place on 14th April in Hotel Baltschug Kempinski.

Counsel of the Lidings’ Tax and Customs practice Dmitry Kirillov will take part in Eurasian Tax Week – 2022 in Moscow.

A Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation introduced a moratorium on initiating of bankruptcy cases at the request of creditors for the second time. The previous moratorium was imposed to support the most affected by the coronavirus economy sectors and lasted for 9 months. The current moratorium has been introduced for half a year, but the possibility of its extension cannot be excluded.