Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 254 of May 4, 2022 (“Decree No. 254”) establishes additional rules for the fulfillment of financial obligations in corporate relations with foreign creditors and clarifies the procedure for the implementation of several previously published Presidential Decrees.

Presidential Decree No. 252 of 03.05.2022 (the “Decree”) introduced special economic measures due to unfriendly actions of some foreign states and international organizations. These measures are introduced because of illegal deprivation or restriction of the property rights of Russians and Russian companies to their property abroad.

A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma, proposing amendments to the rules for setting prices in civil contracts.

Review of the most notable court cases in International Commercial Arbitration - 4 Quarter 2021 (in Russian).

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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.