In March, the following amendments were introduced in the legislation: the list of federal state institutions of higher vocational training which independently set educational standards was supplemented; amendments concerning concession holders which manufacture goods, fulfill work and render...

In February, Article 212 of Part 1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on associations and (unions) was revised and amendments to the legislation on the subsistence level in the Russian Federation were introduced

At the end of 2012, Russia adopted the Law ‘On the State Defense Order.' In its present form, that Law does not have any direct effect in the RF legal system. Moreover, it contains so many blanket and reference norms that analysts have begun to doubt the true intentions behind this legislative...

In November, the following amendments were introduced into the legislation: the federal law determining the legal status, authorities and functions of the Russian Research Fund was signed; the procedure for licensing of educational activities in the Russian Federation was updated

In September, the following amendments were introduced into the legislation: the amounts of the initial contract price were determined so that a participant in the purchase was obliged to provide a customer with additional information in case those amounts were exceeded; a decision was made to...

In July 2013, amendments were introduced into Part Four of the Civil Code as regards to state regulation of relations in the sphere of intellectual property. Procedure was specified for intestate succession of escheat property into ownership of a municipal entity and constituent entity of the...

Departmental statistics of growth in production in the defense sector is highly distorted by liberalization of requirements to fulfillment of the state defense order on the part of the Ministry of Defense and the Military Industrial Commission. Despite the international sanctions, in 2015 the...

In July, the following main amendments were introduced into the legislation: the periods of re-issuing of the license to carry out educational activities and the certificate of state accreditation have been extended; resources of funds for support of scientific, R&D and innovation activities along...

After the July and September meetings of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, the RF Government continued its search for a compromise concerning the ceiling for budget funding to be allocated to the next government armaments program for 2018–2025; however, the target...

In 2015, the Russian military agency made a major step forward in its statistics having published early this year the annual statistical book for the first time since 1914. However, as early as at the stage of preparing the above book which is meant to expand largely departmental statistics...