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Strategic Sectors Law Update – Draft Amendments and First Meeting of 2011
Strategic Sectors Law Amendments On February 17, the Russian government submitted amendments to the Strategic Sectors law. The only substantive change the amendments address is the ownership issue I...
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Strategic Sectors Law Update – Second Meeting of 2011
On July 20, 2011, the Commission on Foreign Investments met for the second time this year and reviewed 13 applications from foreign investors wishing to pursue business projects in Russia. Deals...
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Strategic Sectors Law Update – Draft Amendments and Commission on Foreign...
Last week, PM Putin chaired the latest meeting of the Commission on Foreign Investment and the following day the draft amendments to the Strategic Sectors Law (SSL) entered their third reading, after...
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What to Make of Putin’s Anti-Offshore Crusade
Last month, PM Putin addressed the Government Commission on Electricity Generation. At the meeting, Putin launched into a searing critique of Russian companies using offshore “front companies.” Indeed,...
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Legal Update – New Law on “Foreign Agent” NGOs
On July 21, Pres. Putin signed the much-discussed amendments to the Law on Nongovernmental Organizations (or, Noncommercial Organizations as their called in Russian). Given the back-drop of protests...
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Strategic Sectors Law Update – Second Commission Meeting of 2012
On July 30, 2012, PM Medvedev chaired a session of the Commission on Foreign Investment. This is the second Commission meeting of 2012, but the first chaired by Medvedev. In his remarks, Medvedev...
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Strategic Sectors Law Update – Third Commission Meeting of 2012
On November 28, 2012, PM Medvedev chaired a session of the Commission on Foreign Investment, the third time the Commission has met this year. Changes to Russia’s Business Environment In his prepared...
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Strategic Sectors Law Update – First Commission Meeting of 2013 and...
On April 19, PM Medvedev held the first Foreign Investment Commission meeting of 2013. At the outset, Medvedev noted that Russia received over $50 bln in FDI inflows over the course of 2012. This...
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Strategic Sectors Law Update – Second (and Last) Commission Meeting of 2013
On November 13, 2013, PM Medvedev held the second and final meeting of the Commission on Foreign Investment for 2013. According to public sources, the following deals were addressed: China National Oil...
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Strategic Sectors Law Update – First Commission Meeting of 2014
On June 26, 2014, PM Medvedev chaired the first 2014 meeting of the Commission on Foreign Investment. At the meeting, several deals were discussed/approved and amendments to the Strategic Sectors Law...
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