The Supreme Court provided clarifications on why during the moratorium on bankruptcy, the penalty cannot be paid even in disputes with consumers, in which cases the software update entails the seller's obligation to compensate the cost of the goods and why even a resident of the apartment is considered a consumer.

On July 2, 2021, the Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court No. 18 dated June 22, 2021, “On some issues of the procedure of pre-trial settlement of the disputes considered in civil and arbitration proceedings” was published. It is worth saying that the Court, making interpretations on different issues, infrequently turns to this question.

On June 11 Federal Law «On Amendments to the Administrative Offences Code» came into force. This law toughened responsibility for violations related to confidential information.

The Supreme Court in its Review as of on judicial practice related to the application of legislation in the context of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 No.3¹ (“Review”), paid special attention to issues in the field of tourism and air transportation.

On February 17, 2021, The Presidium of the Supreme Court approved the Review on certain matters of judicial practice in the context of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 No.3¹ (“Review”). This is the third review by the Supreme Court containing legal positions on the application of law during a difficult sanitary and epidemiological situation.

One month after adopting Practice Review No. 3, the Presidium of the Supreme Court on December 23, adopted the next (fourth) review for the year 2020.

On November 26, 2020 the Government of the Russian Federation adopted a Resolution introducing amendments to the legislation on enforcement proceedings. In particular, the Resolution changes the procedure for notification of persons involved in enforcement proceedings. The new procedure provides for the sending of notices of enforcement proceedings via the Unified Portal of State Services without an application from users for the transfer of legally significant electronic notices to them from state authorities. At the moment to receive notifications electronically it is necessary to submit a special application.

On November 25, the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation adopted the third Judicial Review for 2020.

The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) served as a trigger for a targeted effort to assess and manage the possible effects of it. The Russian Government continues to update the measures taken or introduce new ones, trying to act ahead of the possible adverse consequences. Our lawyers are closely monitoring the situation, watching out for the new measures introduced in relation to the coronavirus.
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