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Pepeliaev Group advises that the Ministry of Economic Development has suggested that companies should be permitted to conduct general meetings of shareholders remotely, using information and communications technologies.
Pepeliaev Group advises that the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is reviewing in the first reading two draft laws that eliminate the restrictions on transactions with land plots within the borders of specially protected natural territories (SPNT) and vest the Russian Government with powers to change the borders of national parks.
In its Letter No. SD-4-3/13046@ dated 13 August 2020, the Russian Federal Tax Service cited the earlier position of the Russian Ministry of Finance and affirmed that companies’ expenses on the purchase of individual and collective protection gear (antiseptic products, thermometers, masks and gloves), as well as expenses on the sanitation of premises may be deducted for taxation purposes under articles 264 and 252 of the Russian Tax Code
Pepeliaev Group advises of the measures that the government is taking in connection with the changed procedures for exercising state control over tariffs.