Until the end of 2023, special rules have been extended for transactions on acquisition or lease of additional retail space for trading by entities engaged in food retail through the organization of a retail network.

On 5 December 2022, Federal Law “On Amendments to Article 56 of the Federal Law “On Circulation of Medicines” Regulating the Activities of production Pharmacies in Russia was officially published. 

On 19 December 2022, Federal Law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and Suspension of Certain Provisions of Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” extending previously introduced economic measures and establishing a number of anti-crisis innovations was published.

If you cannot access the website of a Russian state body or a bank check whether its SSL/TLS certificate has been revoked.

The Antimonopoly Service (FAS) expressed its position on its website regarding organic integration on the Internet and informed when the requirements for advertising on the Internet can be applied to the integration.

Starting from November 19, 2022, the list of exceptional grounds for conducting an unscheduled audit of the company in 2022 will be expanded. It will also include cases of large-scale non-payment of salaries to employees for more than one month.

The Government approved amendments to the Decree No. 851 dated 11.05.2022, updating the list of legal entities of foreign states, in respect of which special economic measures are applied.

Starting from November 4, 2022, a new ground for employment termination has been added to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation – the employer's conscription for military service on mobilization. This ground is included in Article 83 of the Labor Code, which provides for cases of termination of an employment contract by reason of circumstances which are beyond the parties' control.

In October 2022, the European Commission approved the eighth package of sanctions against Russia. Among other restrictions it established a ban on the provision of legal services to Russian companies. A few weeks later, on October 24, the European Commission published answers to frequently asked questions including explanations as to what kind of legal services fall under the ban and whether the extension of sanctions to this sphere does not entail restrictions on the right to protection.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade approved new amendmends to the Decree on goods admissible for parallel import. That is the 4^th edition of this Decree.