On August 19, Russian State Duma member Andrey Kuznetsov introduced a bill on compulsory licensing of copyrights that allows the courts to approve compulsory licenses for content and other copyrightable objects not available...more
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 322 “On Temporary Regime For Performance of Obligations Towards Certain Rightsholders” on May 27, prohibiting Russian residents from making license payments to foreign bank...more
The Russian government has issued a decree to deny compensation to patentees from “unfriendly states” when their patents are used for Russia’s national security purposes. Additionally, the US Patent and Trademark Office has...more
Draft law “On Activities of Foreign Companies in the Internet in the Territory of the Russian Federation,” introduced to the State Duma, a lower chamber of the Russian parliament, on May 21, 2021, aims to extend Russian...more
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, President Vladimir Putin authorized the heads of Russian regions to determine the lockdown rules depending on the epidemiological situation in a particular territory. In...more
As Russian regions are lifting pandemic-related workplace restrictions, employers must start considering how best to cope with a vast array of issues, including restarting operations, reintegrating remote-working employees,...more
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Russia has introduced non-work days through 30 April 2020 to keep people at home. The non-work days are mandatory for all employers with limited exemptions. ...more
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked people to stay at home and introduced non-working days, initially from 30 March to 3 April and recently extended to 30 April. ...more
Following adoption of the law on the preinstallation of Russian software on electronic devices in December 2019, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has developed draft guidelines to determine the types of...more
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A constantly evolving framework of laws governing how multinational businesses can contact customers to how nonprofits report business income to how overtime is calculated and paid will influence how companies do business...more
2/3/2020
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Starting July 1, 2020, it will be mandatory for Russian software to be preinstalled on certain consumer electronic devices offered for sale in Russia.
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Russia’s Central Bank, the financial markets regulator in Russia, might soon receive the right to block websites. On 24 January, the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, approved amendments in the first...more
New Russian regulations introduce specific rules for platforms that aggregate information from online stores, and provide additional protection for consumers acquiring goods and services through such platforms....more
Russia continues to expand the regulation of various internet-related activities, implementing a general tightening of efforts to monitor and control content, and showing special attention to activities by foreign media...more
On April 21, the Russian State Duma (lower house of the Russian parliament) approved amendments to the Russian Law on Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information regarding audiovisual services....more
Russia is considering new restrictions on foreign ownership and control of online video services, similar to the rules recently imposed on “mass media” such as television, radio, and publications....more
As of September 30, Russian state authorities now reject tender submissions for supply of certain foreign electronic equipment if there are two concurrent submissions for supply of locally produced equipment. The ban applies...more