According to the draft Federal Law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On the Basics of State Regulation of Trade Activities in the Russian Federation" (the “Draft”), Russian retail chains must ensure the availability of a certain number of non-food products of Russian origin.

April 26^th,2023 annual conference Pharmaceuticals – 2023: Legal Issues will take place in Moscow organized by Pravo.ru. Lidings lawyers take an active part in the event’s program.

As a strategic partner of the conference, we aimed to make the program rich and actual. Together with pharmaceutical industry experts and lawyers, we will discuss topical issues of industry regulation, changes in the pharmaceutical market in the ongoing era of sanctions and talk about how to protect intellectual property.

The new General license No 6C published by OFAC on January 1, 2023, establishes exceptions from US sanctions related to the spheres of agricultural commodities, medicine, medical devices, replacement parts and components for medical devices, or software updates for medical devices.

The Government of the Russian Federation may introduce special economic measures to ensure that counter-terrorism and other operations are carried out outside the territory of the Russian Federation :

Federal Law No. 347-FZ dated July 2, 2021, has created new obligations for advertisers, advertising distributors, and operators of advertising systems.

The new version of the Draft Law “On external administration to manage a company” (Draft Law) dated 12th April 2022 was introduced to the State Duma. 

The Draft Law was significantly revised, especially in part of the scope of application and the procedure of the external administration implementation. 

Review of the most notable advertising disputes in Life Sciences in Russia (in Russian).

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The Q&A provides an overview of Digital Healthcare regulations applicable in Russia.

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