On September 19, 2023, the Taxes and Finance Committee of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI France Russie) held a meeting in Moscow. Julia Talagaeva, Senior Associate at Forte Tax & Law, presented an overview of the new Federal Law No. 470-FZ of August 4, 2023.

On June 15, SPIBA hosted a webinar “Course for the East—Business in China, Hong Kong, and Thailand” initiated by Forte Tax & Law. Anton Kabakov moderated the event, and Mikhail Borodin talked about entering the Thai market and doing business in Thailand.

On Tuesday, April 19, Holiday Inn Express St. Petersburg hosted a seminar arranged by the St. Petersburg International Business Association titled “Current Issues of Electronic Document Flow”

Tverskoy District Court in Moscow ruled on March 22, 2022 that Meta Platforms Inc. (Facebook, Instagram) are extremist organizations in Russia.

Anti-virus decree No. 121 issued by the Government of St. Petersburg on March 13, 2020 was amended on November 5, 2020 , introducing a new set of restrictions and rules for companies, individual entrepreneurs, and individuals.

Today, the governor of St. Petersburg signed a Government Decree introducing new rules and restrictions on the activities of enterprises and imposing obligations on individuals.

On May 22, 2020, the State Duma passed in the third and final reading a law on emergency measures to support the economy amid the spread of coronavirus.

“Anti-virus” Federal Law No. 98-FZ Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on Emergency Prevention and Mitigation (further “Law No. 98-FZ”) was officially published and became effective on April 01, 2020.

Forte Tax & Law held its first webinar last week on the topical subject of late, i.e. the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on business. For those who have missed or those who would like to replay our webinar on the legal aspects of COVID-19, we are pleased to provide a recording of the webinar presentations.

Russian authorities continue fighting against the consequences of the spread of coronavirus by taking various anti-crisis measures. On March 31, 2020 the State Duma approved in the third and final reading a bill amending certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation on prevention and response to emergencies.