Anastasia Petrova, ALRUD Associate, prepared an article for Data Protection Leader magazine. In the article Anastasia narrates about The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will come into force on 25 May 2018. Although the GDPR will not have a direct effect on Russia, it will impact the operations of multinational business in Russia and Russian businesses abroad. Anastasia describes the challenges that may arise for both multinational and Russian businesses and offers some solutions.