News analysis

BUSINESS

New farmers
Land dealers must now learn how to farm
Feb 12th, 2010
Way to freedom
Shareholders’ agreement as quintessence of freedom
Feb 10th, 2010
Big brother’s big mouth
Information about individual tax debts is now freely available to anyone
Feb 9th, 2010
The right of first contact
Russia takes a closer look at the regulation of the retail market
Dec 23rd, 2009
Substance over form in debt recovery
The Supreme Arbitrazhniy Court looked at what actually happens in debt recovery.
Nov 10th, 2009
Tax should not be too taxing
The State gets more rational in tax matters.
Oct 19th, 2009
The State will back victims of stock market fraud
Violation of stock-holders’ rights and stock market manipulation will be a criminal offence.
Oct 15th, 2009
Telenor v Alfa: in bed with enemy
Alfa Group wins, Russian law pays.
Oct 8th, 2009
Tax incentives for energy efficiency
New initiative from the Ministry of Economic Development.
Sep 28th, 2009
Bravo, Yandex!
Yandex has hired the Kremlin to guard its interests. And did it on the cheap.
Sep 24th, 2009
Russia to reduce state role in the economy
The Kremlin hopes to boost Russia's economy by reducing its presence in it.
Sep 23rd, 2009
State Duma started hearings on securitisation
Russian law on securitisation is getting fine-tuned.
Sep 22nd, 2009

SOCIETY

Size matters
Whether federal subjects should be bigger
Jan 24th, 2010
Difficult justice
Road to justice is long, tedious, and expensive.
Nov 27th, 2009
Back to the USSR
Russia is moving towards more centralised economy.
Nov 26th, 2009
The question not to ask
Russia to decide on death penalty.
Oct 30th, 2009
Man and wife
Same sex marriages in the Russia's near future?
Oct 27th, 2009
Law against organised crime tightened
New law against organized crime
Oct 16th, 2009
Desperate mothers go to Strasbourg
European human rights court: pleas for justice from Russia
Sep 29th, 2009
Punitive damages have come to Russia
New IP laws come into play.
Sep 25th, 2009
Law on ex-judges gets tough
New restrictions on activity of retired judges have been adopted.
Sep 18th, 2009
Retail chains fall out of favour
Lawmakers intend to restrain big chain stores
Sep 11th, 2009
New law makes first shots
Plea bargains: new era in criminal law begins
Sep 4th, 2009
Voroshilov shooter will be tried again
Jury: sense or sensibility
Sep 4th, 2009