Obiter dictum

BUSINESS

On the Appearance v Reality Dualism

What the law appears to be may be more important than what it actually is.
The Russian Tea Party

Why taxes in Russia are low and will remain low for some time.
The Nothing

Doing internet business in legal vacuum
Innovation is recollection

Russia revitalises good old tax incentives for business
That closed open list

The difficult choice between time, money and principles
The ultimate villains

Users of file-sharing services to be prosecuted for distribution of pirated content
New life for takeovers

Corporate raids will become more sophisticated
Exodus

Bankruptcy as a pre-sale preparation technique
Self-non-self discrimination

Another reason to stay out of small business

Timing is everything

Russia plans to ban the circular shareholding structures
Russia takes Ukraine

When someone else’s problems are yours
Tax revolution in Russia

The end of tax system as we know it

SOCIETY

Sarcastic smile of the Devil

Russians do not want juvenile justice.
The Mirror of Kushchevskaya

Is there a future for self-government in Russia?
His name is Nikita

When the name matters more than the substance
Democracy v efficiency

Throughout its history Russia has tended to favour solid hierarchical structures
Law in extravagant edition

The copyright law as a weapon against competitors
Discouraging encouragement

The State should help people invest their future pensions and not push them out of the system
Anti-hypocrisy law

Step to commercialisation of public services
Judge gunned down

Neo-Nazis may be behind the murder
The spoils of separation

The Russian language is for sale
Shared responsibility

How peer-to-peer networks lead the law into deadlock
Words, words, words

The Constitutional Court of Russia and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights
Size matters

Whether federal subjects should be bigger