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Andrey Mikulin is appointed head of the office of the Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Sakhalin Region Andrey Mikulin, Head of the Sakhalin Office of Pepeliaev Group, has been appointed head of the office of the Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (“RUIE”) in Sakhalin Region. Natalia Prisekina, Head of the Far East Office of Pepeliaev Group and of the Far Eastern Division of the Arbitration Centre at the RUIE, has been included in the panel of arbitrators for international and investment disputes of the Arbitration Centre at the RUIE.

No to Price Parity Online trade is capturing ever more markets and industries. Although current legislation is not always ready for new models of commercial relationships, the antitrust authority is striving to detect and prevent offences in time, including those involving online sales. This is primarily true for digital aggregators and platforms which, in the absence of stringent restrictions, can create additional obstacles for businesses, impose conditions on contracting parties and exert pressure on consumers. Barriers are being put up, for instance, with the assistance of price parity. Let us examine what sort of legal assessment is given to these restrictive practices in Russia and the European Union.

Pepeliaev Group has confirmed its leadership in World Tax-World TP 2021 The tax practice of Pepeliaev Group has confirmed its leadership in two categories of independent international ranking World Tax-World TP 2021: General corporate tax (Tier 1) and Tax controversy (Tier 1). Thirteen tax experts from Pepeliaev Group, who have confirmed their last year’s positions, have been recognised in individual rankings for leader guides in a number of categories.

Pepeliaev Group and Kaspersky Laboratory have entered into an agreement to work together in the field of automating the prevention of compliance risks Law firm Pepeliaev Group and Kaspersky Laboratory have entered into a partnership agreement aimed at implementing information technologies in the field of compliance within legal departments, identifying the signs of a conflict of interests, monitoring contracting parties, and controlling compliance in commercial and state-funded organisations.

Natalia Prisekina has been appointed a special invited mediator for international commercial disputes at the Intermediate People's Court of Qingdao Municipality Natalia Prisekina, partner and head of Pepeliaev Group’s Far East Office has been appointed a special invited mediator for international commercial disputes at the Intermediate People's Court of Qingdao Municipality, Shandong Province, the People’s Republic of China.

The course remains set on import substitution

The import substitution policy has been actively implemented as a way to address the sanctions since 2014. From then on, the state procurement area has been changed repeatedly, as its legal regulation allows for various restrictive and prohibitive tools to be used as a flexible system of incentives for Russian suppliers. Owing to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic it has again become a priority to support domestic manufacturers.