On 26 December 2024, the Federal Law No. 479-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law ‘On Advertising’ and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation”  (hereinafter referred to as the “Law”) was published. This Law in particular, is aimed at regulating issues of advertising of credits (loans).

On 26.12.2024, Federal Law No. 479-FZ was signed, which provides for the obligation for advertising distributors and advertising system operators who distribute advertising in the Internet, aimed at attracting the attention of advertising consumers located in the territory of the Russian Federation, mandatory contributions to the federal budget in the amount of 3% of the amount of income received during the quarter from the sale of services for the distribution of advertising on the ‘Internet’. Quarters are counted from the beginning of the calendar year.

On 19 December 2024, the competent committees of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved Bill No. 670471-8 "On Amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (in terms of clarifying liability for certain crimes against minors and against public health)" (hereinafter - the “Bill”).

On November 14, 2024 the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has published Resolution No. 52-P on the case of verifying the constitutionality of paragraph 1 of Article 308.3 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, part 3 of Article 206 of the Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation and Article 419 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the complaint of Mr. S.S. Shapka.

At the 26th session of the Advertising Coordinating Council under the ICAP the Basic Principles of Fair Practices for Bloggers in Advertising in the CIS countries (hereinafter referred to as the “Basic Principles”) were introduced. Basic Principles is an act for self-regulation. The main purpose of Basic Principles is to assist bloggers from CIS countries in complying with advertising legislation.

On 16 December 2024, the Resolution of the Russian Government No. 1772 of 13.12.2024 (“Resolution No. 1772”) was officially published, containing amendments to the Rules for the Issuance of permits by the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation under “countersanctions” Presidential Decrees established by the Resolution of the Russian Government No. 295 of 06.03.2022 (“Rules”).

The new review of the most notable patents disputes in Life Sciences in Russian and the CIS.

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On June 12, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the imposition of trade sanctions in the form of a temporary denial order (TDO) against a number of Russian and foreign companies and individuals.

The Lidings team took immediate action to challenge the TDO to exclude its clients from the restrictions list.