On 22 February 2023, the Russian Ministry of Finance, which is responsible for processing applications for Government Commission consents under Russian counter-sanctions regulations, published a list of appraisers recommended for providing valuation reports required as part of such applications.
Read in detail in the alert at the link.
Draft law No. 1059849-7, which supplements Federal Law No. 160-FZ On Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation, dated 9 July 1999, with a new Article 20 (1), is currently under consideration in the State Duma. The article introduces a legal mechanism allowing Russian purchasers who bought shares (equity interests) in Russian companies previously owned by foreign investors to refuse, subject to a number of conditions, to perform their obligations to return the assets to foreign investors under buyback options and other similar agreements.
21.07.2025