Federal Law No. 301-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”” (the “Law”) was signed by the President of the Russian Federation on 10 July 2023 and will enter into force on 1 September 2023. As follows from the explanation note, the Law provides a set of norms aimed to improve antitrust regulation in the digital economic development. The main amendments of the fifth antitrust package you can find in this legal update.

From 1 September 2022 a new regulation in the field of advertising has been enacted. Federal Law No. 38-FZ “On Advertising” was supplemented by provisions, according to which Internet advertising should be marked and is subject to registration in the Unified Register of Internet Advertising, the operator of which is Roskomnadzor.

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.

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

The State Duma of the Russian Federation approved a bill (Bill) providing amendments to the legislation on the protection of competition in the first reading.

In order to tighten up control over online advertising, Federal Law No. 347-FZ of 02.07.2021 "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Advertising" (the Law) came into force on July 2, 2021.

Russian federal service for surveillance in healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) presented an overview of its control and supervisory activities for 2020. Below are the main conclusions of the Overview.

4 September 2020 the Russian Ministry of Justice registered the Order No. 5527 of Roszdravnadzor dd. 29 June 2020, approving criteria for evaluating the information, publication of which may result in a website inclusion in the register of prohibited websites and its blocking. The Federal Service for Surveillance in Healthcare (Roszdravnadzor) renders such a decision.

Specification of the information about the license is not required directly in the advertising of medical activities that are subject to licensing. Verification of the presence of relevant documents is carried out at the request of the advertising distributor in accordance with article 13 of the Law on advertising. The advertiser, in turn, shall provide reports, including information about the availability of a license, mandatory certification and state registration.

On October 18, 2018 new wording of the Rules of state registration and re-registration of maximum sale prices established by drug manufacturers for those drugs, that are included in the vital and essential drugs list (“the Rules” and “the Drugs” correspondingly) has been enacted with the amendments introduced by the Russian Government Decree of 08.10.2018 No. 1207 “On amendments to the Russian Government Decree of October, 29 2010 No. 865 and of September, 15 2015 No. 979” (“the Decree”).