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Anticorruption laws of Russia

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia, United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 8 2012

On 10 January 2009 Federal Law 273-FZ “On Counteracting Corruption”, Federal Law 274-FZ, Federal Law 280-FZ and amendments to a host of other federal laws came into force

Russia’s new investment protection steps impose criminal liability for false documents and data

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • July 8 2010

Foreign investors are often wary of investing in Russia

Amended rules on foreign issuances of shares of Russian companies blue chips may be able to issue depository receipts on a standalone basis and avoid local offering requirement

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • March 12 2010

The Federal Financial Markets Service of the Russian Federation (FFMS) issued an order, which entered into force on 1 January 2010, amending the procedures for obtaining approval for the placement and trading of issued securities of Russian companies outside the Russian Federation (the Foreign Issuance Order

Russian-Venezuelan intergovernmental agreement on encouragement and mutual protection of capital investments ratified by Russia

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia, Venezuela
  • -
  • October 23 2009

The Russian-Venezuelan intergovernmental agreement on the encouragement and mutual protection of capital investments, signed in Caracas on November 7, 2008, has been ratified by Russia pursuant to Federal Law No. 221-FZ, "On Ratification of the Agreement by and Between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the Encouragement and Mutual Protection of Capital Investments," dated September 27, 2009

Restrictions on producers’ rights to manage distribution chains loosened under new amendments to Russia’s antimonopoly legislation

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • September 14 2009

On August 23, 2009 a series of amendments to Federal Law No. 135-FZ, "On Protection of Competition" (the Competition Law), went into effect, which, among other things, substantially broadened the permissible rights of producers over their distributors in Russia, provided such producers do not engage in direct sales in Russia

Acquiring shares in banks and other credit organizations in Russia - notice and approval requirements of the Central Bank and Federal Antimonopoly Service

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • September 1 2009

Given the state of the financial services market worldwide, the regulations governing investments in banking institutions have recently attracted the attention of a much broader audience

Registration rules governing transfers, licenses and pledges of intellectual property rights in Russia

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • August 28 2009

Russia codified, and in certain cases substantially rewrote, all of its intellectual property (IP) laws with the enactment of Part 4 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which went into effect January 1, 2008, replacing a patchwork of laws extending back into Soviet times

Amendments to Russian law permit shareholders' agreements

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • June 24 2009

On 9 June 2009 Federal Law No. 115-FZ, "On Introduction of Amendments to the Federal Law On Joint Stock Companies and Article 30 of the Federal Law On Securities Market" (the Revisions), was officially published in Russia and went into force

Foreclosure rights of secured creditors in Russia

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • April 29 2009

On December 30, 2008 a series of amendments (the Amendments) to the Civil Code, the Land Code, Federal Law No.2872-I (On Pledges), Federal Law No. 102-FZ (On Mortgages) and Federal Law No. 229-FZ (On Execution Proceedings) took effect

New anti-corruption measures in Russia

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • April 29 2009

Prior to taking office, President Medvedev identified the corrosive effect of corruption on civil society in the Russian Federation (RF