The Government Took a Giant Step Toward Transparency This Year by Opening Up Databases for Land Titles and Real Estate Property to the Public | commentary by Oleg Boichuk, KyivPost
Transparency comes to real estate, land transactions.
Transparency comes to real estate, land transactions.
On 29 December 2015, the Russian President signed the Federal Law “On Arbitration in the Russian Federation” (“The Law on Arbitration”) and Federal Law “On Amendments to Certain Laws of the Russian Federation…” providing for fundamental reform of domestic arbitration.
Leaders League publishes an interview with Mikhail Kazantsev.
On December 13, 2015, new legislation introducing a number of substantial novelties in the property registration system in Ukraine (the “New Law”) entered into force. Although already modernized in the past years, property registrations have been often seen as the area of typical bureaucracy and transparency issues. As briefly summarized below, the changes proposed in the New Law are generally aimed at facilitation of property registrations by ensuring higher accessibility of registrations.
The National Bank of Ukraine (the “NBU”) has adopted resolution No.863 dated 4 December 2015 (“Resolution 863”) aimed at stabilisation of the situation on Ukrainian FX market.
Evgeny Raschevsky, Dmitry Dyakin, Dmitry Kaysin and Victor Radnaev authored the Commercial Arbitration Russia chapter of the know-how section of Global Arbitration Review.
With a traditionally strong energy market hit by political instability, CIS nations are diversify into green energy. Will law firms do the same?
With effect from 30 October 2015, a new order of the Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine (the “Order”) introduced a number of significant changes to Ukrainian drug review and authorization process.
On November 3, 2015, the President of the Russian Federation signed the Federal Law № 297-FZ on Jurisdictional Immunities of Foreign States and Property of Foreign States in the Russian Federation (the Law). The Law will take effect from January 1, 2016 (Art. 18). By passing the Law, Russia has endorsed the restrictive theory of sovereign immunity entirely, and ruled out the dichotomy which exists between the Code of Civil Procedure and the Code of Commercial Procedure.
The National Bank of Ukraine (the “NBU”) adopted Resolution No. 718 dated 22 October 2015 “On Introduction of Amendments to Resolution of the Management Board of the NBU dated 03 September 2015 No. 581” (the “Resolution 718”) which modified certain of the NBU’s restrictions introduced (or prolonged) in September 2015.
On October 12, 2015, Federal Law of July 13, 2015 No. 212-FZ “On the Free Port of Vladivostok” (the “Free Port Law”) entered into force.
Zakon publishes an article by Dmitry Stepanov.
Ukraine aims to catch world e-commerce train, which is better later than never.
The National Bank of Ukraine (the “NBU”) adopted Resolution No.654 dated 1 October 2015 “On Ensuring Implementation and Monitoring of Efficiency of Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures (Sanctions)” (the “Resolution 654”) aimed at implementing, within Ukrainian banking and finance market, certain financial sanctions adopted by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (the “NSDCU”) in September 2015.
European and US investors may have a substantial advantage when buying apartments in the centre of St. Petersburg. The development comes as the result of favourable RUB/EUR/USD exchange rates and the benefits provided by the city administration for investors and people living in communal apartments.