At present, Russia’s expert community, including specialists from various fields, as well as her various military agencies, are actively discussing proposals concerning a new system of military training offered by higher educational establishments, which will exempt their graduates from...

Soon after his inauguration as President of Russia, Vladimir Putin signed a number of edicts where he specified the tasks, aims and methods of upgrading Russia’s social and economic development in every sphere, including the planning of further military development in this country. Quite...

The recently created Advanced Research Foundation (ARF), advertized by some Russian officials as a long-awaited instrument for innovation and development of the Russian economy, is hoped to transform Russia’s defense-industrial complex into the locomotive of innovation that will be capable of...

Legislative initiatives on the strategic planning system of the country are still remaining in the shadow of the topical military and political developments having impact on the economy and national security of the Russian Federation. In the meantime, further application of the “manual mode”...

The end of H1 2013 has been marked by frustrated military construction designs contrary to expectations of many members of the Russian Government and Presidential Executive Office. It appears that the problem has been caused not only by economic factors which are out of the scope of the Russian...

In July, the following amendments were introduced in the legislation: amendments concerning the electronic signature; the effective date of the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation on issues of state registration of titles to real property was postponed; the per capita minimum...

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia has offi cially published a list of enterprises operating in the Russian Defense Industry Complex (DIC), thereby making it possible to assess the key indicators of the DIC’s size which have changed insignifi cantly over the past six months. However,...

The following key amendments to the Russian regulatory framework were made in August 2014. Owners of living quarters will be legally bound to noti fy the Federal Migrati on Service of Russia of other individuals residing in the living quarters in legally established cases; under the Federal Law...

In February, the following main amendments were introduced into the legislation: a procedure for notification by the employer of conclusion of a contract with an individual who fi lled in certain public and municipal service positions was updated; holders of the right to outputs of intellectual...

In March, amendments were introduced in Part One of the RF Civil Code concerning norms in the fi eld of the law of obligations; the conditions of recognizing foreign citizens to be highly qualifi ed specialists were defi ned in more precise detail; the rules for changing, in 2015, by agreement...