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The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signs a decree allowing citizens of unfriendly countries to swap frozen funds for blocked Russian assets abroad. The decree applies to securities held on NSD's accounts with foreign depositories.
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The Russian Government has approved a list of countries whose banks can remotely identify foreign clients to open accounts and cards for them in Russian credit institutions. Both foreign citizens and legal entities will be able to pass identification.
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Russia has temporarily banned exports of gasoline and diesel to all countries except Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan to stabilise the domestic market. This is stated in the relevant government resolution.
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If a foreign company sells shares (shares) of Russian organizations, more than 50% of whose assets directly or indirectly consist of real estate located in Russia, tax is withheld at source. In this case, the tax is withheld at the full rate (20%), since from 8 August 2023, all double taxation agreements with unfriendly countries have been suspended.
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The President of the Russian Federation signed a decree according to which citizens of the Russian Federation will be able to present identification documents, including a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, in electronic form in the State Services application.
“Providing Russian citizens with information contained in identity documents or other documents issued by government agencies <...> in electronic form using a mobile application <...> information system “Unified portal of state and municipal services (functions)” is equivalent <...> to the presentation of the specified documents,” the decree says.
Citizens' submission of information through the application will be voluntary. The mobile application must use encryption (cryptographic) means provided for by the law on the identification and authentication of individuals using biometric personal data.
A document in electronic form on Gosuslugi is equal to the original only in cases determined by the government in agreement with the FSB. Within three months, the government must compile a list of situations and documents that can be replaced with a digital version from the State Services application or website.
Nadmitov, Ivanov and Partners Law Firm advises on issues of personal data and information protection.
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From the beginning of the war in Ukraine to the present, 18 people associated with Russia have been excluded from the sanctions lists of the EU, US and UK. 8 people were excluded from EU sanctions lists, 7 from US sanctions lists, 3 from UK lists.
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The Fifteenth Arbitrazh Court of Appeal in Rostov-on-Don confirmed the decision of the court of first instance, which recognized the “thumbs up” emoji in correspondence as confirmation equivalent to a signature under an additional agreement.
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Citizens will be able to submit and withdraw consent to the processing of biometric personal data through the State Services. In the same way, requests to block, remove and destroy biometrics will be accepted.
