28.02.2024

Russian counter-sanctions regulations: new developments

On 26 February 2024, a new Presidential Decree (No. 143) was published and immediately came into effect (the New Decree). The New Decree amends Presidential Decree No. 520, dated 5 August 2022, which introduced a requirement to obtain Presidential consent to transactions with shares in certain Russian companies held by persons associated with the designated unfriendly states. 

Read in detail in the alert at the link:

https://www.stonebridgelegal.ru/media/files/Alert_Russian_counter-sanctions_regulations_new_February_ENG.pdf

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