Baker McKenzie attorneys Paul Melling, Roman Butenko and Oleg Tkachenko contributed two articles to GIR – Europe, Middle East and Africa Investigations Review 2022 Digital Edition. The first article provides an overview of recent corporate anti-bribery enforcement trends and, taking into account those trends, tries to sum up the most important lessons to be learned by companies that strive to build compliant businesses in Russia. The second article is dedicated to key issues on compliance programs and their enforcement in Russia. The article provides an overview of recent anti-bribery and legislative corruption measures and the guidance provided to the Russian business community with regard to those measures and their enforcement.

Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Russia introduces ruble-based payment procedure for IP related contracts on 30 May 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.

Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Russia imposes blocking sanctions on foreign energy companies on 12 May 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.

Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Russia partially legalizes parallel imports on 6 May 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.

Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled New Russian legal framework for blocking sanctions prohibiting: (i) Russian persons from entering transactions with designated persons; and (ii) the export of certain Russian items in favour of sanctioned persons on 4 May 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.

Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Russia: New Russian Presidential Decree imposes new restrictions on distribution of profits and introduces certain clarifications to the existing limitations on 5 May 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.

Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Draft bill on nationalization of Russian assets owned by foreign persons on 11 April 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.

The Russian government has introduced a bankruptcy moratorium with effect from 1 April to 1 October 2022 in respect of all Russian legal entities and individuals except for certain residential real estate developers. The moratorium is intended to protect Russian debtors against creditors’ claims and provide support for players on the Russian market given the challenging environment they operate in. It applies to all Persons irrespective of their solvency.

Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Russia is considering criminal sanctions for executives of companies that take actions in order to implement foreign sanctions on 5 April 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.

Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Russian tax authorities recommend withholding VAT on B2B e-services in light of sanctions on 6 April 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.