Insights & News

Over the past few years, there has been a clear trend of Russia strengthening and expanding its countersanctions restrictions in response to sanctions of the regulatory authorities of the US, EU, UK and certain other jurisdictions.

A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma to increase the fines for violating information protection requirements

In 2022, the Russian Government established the List of Foreign States and Territories Committing Unfriendly Actions against Russia, Russian entities and individuals (“Unfriendly Jurisdictions”). The Russian countersanctions in force impose a special order for fulfilling certain obligations towards creditors from such jurisdictions (e.g., arising from some financial, corporate and IP relationships).

On 4 February Ksenia Tarkhova, Senior Associate of the Competition/Antitrust, and Ksenia Erokhina, Senior Associate of the Commercial Practice, participated in the meeting of the Healthcare Committee of the ICC France Russie.

On February 4 the Real Estate Club of ALRUD Law Firm held the second meeting focused on “Unauthorized Construction: Trends and Risks in 2025”

On January 29 Anastasia Petrova, Of Counsel in ALRUD Data Protection Practice, co-chair of AmCham’s Compliance Committee, and Ruslana Karimova, Senior Associate in ALRUD Competition/Antitrust Practice, were speakers at an online event organized by AmCham’s Security Committee

Margarita Egiazarova, Partner in ALRUD Labour and Employment Practice, PhD in Law, prepared a commentary for the professional magazine “Trudovye Spory” on “How to deal with legislative amendments in 2025. Advice from labour law lawyers”

The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media has begun accepting applications from IT professionals for deferral from military service for the period from January 21 to February 5, 2025