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11
Jul

Following is part 4 of our series on current European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation. Before continuing, be sure to catch up on our previous posts regarding sanctions against the Russian Federation: Post 1:  EU SANCTIONS AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION – AN OVERVIEW Post 2:  EU SANCTIONS AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION – MARCH 2022 Post 3: EU SANCTIONS AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION – ...

30
Jun

Following is part 3 of our series on current European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation. Before continuing, be sure to catch up on our previous posts regarding sanctions against the Russian Federation: Post 1:  EU SANCTIONS AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION – AN OVERVIEW Post 2:  EU SANCTIONS AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION – MARCH 2022  Post 3: An Overview of the April and June ...

27
Jun

Following is part 2 of a series of posts we will be publishing over the coming days and weeks on current European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation. Before continuing, be sure to catch up on our previous post regarding sanctions against the Russian Federation: See also Post 1:  EU SANCTIONS AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION – AN OVERVIEW Post 2: An Overview of ...

22
Jun

Following is part 1 of a series of posts we will be publishing over the coming days and weeks on current European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation. An Overview Since March 2014 following Russia’s occupation of Crimea and parts or Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (administrative districts) of Ukraine, the European Union has imposed a number of restrictive measures against the Russian ...

31
Mrz

The Double Taxation Treaty between Austria and the Russian Federation as amended on 20 June 2019 (DTT 2019) is currently in force. Last Wednesday, 25 March 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin published measures to protect the economy due to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) and instructed the government of the Russian Federation to implement them. Among other things, existing double taxation treaties ...

31
Mrz

Derzeit gilt das Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen zwischen Österreich und der Russischen Föderation idFv 20. Juni 2019 (DBA 2019). Am vergangenen Mittwoch, dem 25. März 2020, hat der Präsident der Russischen Föderation, Vladimir V. Putin, Maßnahmen zum Schutz der Wirtschaft aufgrund des Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) veröffentlicht und die Regierung der Russischen Föderation angewiesen, diese umzusetzen. Unter anderem sollen bestehende Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen geändert oder allenfalls gekündigt werden. Es ist ...

06
Feb

The ruling of Chamber for Commercial Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated August 16, 2016 overturned a ruling of the lower courts (state arbitrazh courts) that had dismissed the claim of the public joint-stock company National Bank ”TRUST“ in a case brought against the Cyprus company Phosint Limited. The case concerned the validity of an arbitration ...

19
Jan

On 1 September 2015 the Federal Law No. 242-FZ of July 21, 2014 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation to clarify the procedure for personal data processing in information and telecommunication networks” (the “Law”) came into force. The Law obliges operators to store collected personal data of Russian citizens within the territory of the Russian Federation. The ...

11
Aug

EU sanctions against Russia The Council of European Union regulation on new sanctions against Russia entered into force on 1 August 2014. Sanctions will be valid for a year with the possibility of revision after three months since the moment of entering into force. "Actions by natural or legal persons, entities or bodies shall not give rise to liability of any ...

05
Aug

On 1 July 2014, the Russian Civil Code introduced new pledge regulations. The changes greatly affect not only the relationship between pledgors and pledgees, but shall also have a considerable impact on the banking and finance sector. In this review we provide the most important developments of the new pledge regulations. The concept of the pledge (art. 334) In addition to pledgee’s ...