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...

In May, the following amendments were introduced in the legislation: from September 2013 amendments to Cl.4 and Cl.5 of Section I of Part I and Article 1153 of Part III of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation will be in effect; the specifics of carrying out of labor activities by...

В марте были внесены изменения в часть первую Гражданского кодекса РФ, касающиеся норм в об- ласти обязательного права; уточнены условия признания иностранных...

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...

Late in December and in January, the following amendments were introduced in the legislation: the specifics of the legal status and activities of nongovernment pension funds in the form of joint-stock companies were determined; the list of non-profit organizations which do not need to secure a...

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...

Late in December 2015 and January 2016, the following main amendments were introduced into the legislation: requirements to the procedure for and conditions of carrying out voluntary medical insurance (hereinafter, VMI) of foreign nationals who arrived in the Russian Federation to work on the...

In October, the following amendments were introduced into the legislation: amendments were made to protect people’s rights to privatization of housing in which they do not live, but have the right to use it; norms permitting to increase wages and salaries of managers of federal government and...

In November, the following changes were introduced in the legislation: the list of grounds for approval by the Ministry of Justice of a decision on permission to include in the name of a non-profit organization of the official names -- "the Russian Federation" or "Russia" -- was supplemented; the...

In December, the following amendments were introduced in the legislation: the minimum amount of wages and salaries was increased; from the New Year a new composition and volumes of the consumer goods basket in the Russian Federation in general were formed, and the subsistence level in the Russian...