Legislative Updates

• AmCham Advocacy on Royalty Payments Issue
• Migration Legislation in Russia
• Calendar of legislative initiatives to be reviewed by the State Duma
• Vladimir Putin approves recovery plan for financial sector
• Changes to Russian Competition Legislation
• State Duma Calendar October 16-23
• Bringing charters of Russian limited liability companies in line with new requirements
• Priority registration of domain names in the new .РФ (.RF) Cyrillic domain
• Revised Draft of the Law on Circulation of Medicines Prepared
• New developments in Russian legislation on saving energy and increasing energy efficiency
• Positions Not Under The 2010 Work Permit Quota
• Migration Checks
• Immigration Guide To Russia
• Law On Trade
• Quota for employment of foreign nationals in 2010
• Joint stock companies that maintain their own shareholders registers
• Special Update on Amendments to Corporate and Securities Legislation

• Aug 18, 2010 Unlawful use of inside information banned in Russia
• Aug 13, 2010 Immigration Audits In Russia
• Jul 29, 2010 New Energy Efficiency Regulations To Affect Imports Into Russia
• Apr 15, 2010 Special Update on the Law on Circulation of Medicines
• Mar 19, 2010 Important changes to certain provisions of the Federal Law "On Personal Data"
• Mar 03, 2010 Tax Reforms Towards the Creation of an International Financial Center in Russia
• Sep 22, 2009 Russian Government Introduces Important Amendments into the Rules on Pricing of Medicines
• Aug 18, 2009 Law replacing the Unified Social Tax with social contributions
• Jun 09, 2009 May - June 2009 Calendar of Legislative Initiatives
• May 20, 2009 May 20 and May 22 State Duma Legislative Initiatives
• May 13, 2009 List of quota-exempt professions for foreigners for 2009 established
• Apr 16, 2009 State Duma Hearing on Property Legislation
• Dec 09, 2008 State Duma roundtable on legal issues with developing the Russian continental shelf
• Oct 28, 2008 Legislative regulation of the strategic development and reinforcement of the financial sector of the Russian Federation
• Aug 25, 2008 Recent Comments on Russia's Accession to the WTO
• Aug 19, 2008 Proposal to guarantee retirees a pension-to-wages ratio of 30%
• Aug 01, 2008 Federal Anti-Monopoly Service To Propose New Bill
• Jul 23, 2008 New Federal Law on Amending Part 2 of the RF Tax Code
• May 26, 2008 Clarifications on Legislative Amendments to the RF Forestry Code
• Apr 29, 2008 Law on Foreign Investment in Strategic Sectors
• Apr 10, 2008 State Duma Hearing on Creating a Legislative Framework for Natural Resources Management
• Mar 31, 2008 Legislative Provisions for Innovative Development of the Economy
• Mar 21, 2008 Bill on Investment in Strategic Sectors of the Russian Economy
• Mar 21, 2008 Bill on Investment in Strategic Sectors of the Russian Economy
• Feb 05, 2008 AmCham President Andrew Somers meets with Valeriy Komissarov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Informational Policy; Informational Technologies and Communications
• Jan 24, 2008 Order 19265 On Visa Regulations
• Jan 14, 2008 State Duma Structural Changes
• Nov 30, 2007 Changes to Corporate Names in the Russian Federation
• Apr 09, 2007 AmCham Policy Update: Medical Tests For Work Permit Applications
• Dec 18, 2006 Links to Information about the U.S.-Russia WTO Bilateral Agreement