From March 1 to April 30, 2025, members of limited liability companies must approve the annual results for 2024 at a general meeting, with participants required to attend in person or through authorized representatives. While remote voting for annual meetings has been allowed in recent years, this practice will be limited starting March 1, 2025. Instead, companies will be able to hold hybrid meetings, where both in-person and remote participation is allowed, provided the company’s charter or unanimous participant decision allows it. It is recommended to amend the charter in advance if necessary and ensure the company has an internal document outlining the procedure for remote voting.

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.