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”).

On 29 November 2024, Federal Law No. 416-FZ “On Amendments to Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” (hereinafter referred to as the “Law”) was officially published. The Law amends the Article 270 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the “Tax Code”) which determines the list of expenses that cannot be deducted for profits tax purposes.

On November 20, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade prepared a draft of amendments to the rules for providing access to information contained in state information monitoring system, approved by Government Decree No. 1955 dated 31.12.2019.

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On November 27, 2024 the Federation Council approved laws amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred as the “Criminal Code”) and the Code of Administrative Offences of Russian Federation (hereinafter referred as the “Administrative Offences Code”) to and toughening liability for violations of law in the area of personal data (in accordance with the previously introduced Draft Laws: No. 502104-8 “On Amending the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation” and No. 502113-8 “On Amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation”).

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On November 22, 2024, the Government of the Russian Federation (the “Government”) approved Resolution No. 1607 dated November 22, 2024 (the “Resolution”) on the experiment in the territory of the Russian Federation to conduct monitoring of Russian manufacturers of goods which are subject to mandatory marking with means of identification using the state information monitoring system for the circulation of goods subject to mandatory marking with means of identification (the “Experiment”).

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On 9 November 2024 the Federal Law No. 381-FZ “On Amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation” was published. Amendments introduce Article 351⁸ to the chapter regulating the work of other categories of employees (hereinafter referred to as the “Article”). The Article regulates the mentoring in labor relations. The regulation will enter into force on 1 March 2025.

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