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Pepeliaev Group advises of the entry into force of Resolution No. 658 of the Russian Government “On approving the Rules for the registration of unmanned aerial vehicles with a maximum gross weight from 0.25 kilograms to 30 kilograms imported into the Russian Federation or manufactured in the Russian Federation” dated 25 May 2019.

Pepeliaev Group advises of a change in the forms for employers to notify the police about entering into or terminating agreements with foreign employees, and about performing the obligation to pay salary to highly qualified specialists.

Pepeliaev Group advises that a draft law establishing enormous fines for violating requirements for localising personal data in Russia was adopted in the first reading on 10 September.

Rospotrebnadzor’s proposal to introduce mandatory labelling of supplements, sport nutrition and water.

Pepeliaev Group advises that the new rules for regulating special investment contracts (SPIC 2.0) have come into force. Changes aimed at improving the taxation regime with regard to taxpayers who are SPIC participants have also been made to the Russian Tax Code. 

Letter No. ED-4-13/15696@ “On holding companies’ beneficial ownership of income from sources in the Russian Federation” dated 8 August 2019 was published on the official website of the Russian Federal Tax Service on 13 August 2019. This letter evidences quite a serious change of the Service’s approach to the problem, which for many years has been the subject matter of tax disputes and professional discussions.