In 2016, Russians will be able to obtain the right to 1 ha of land in the Far East free of charge

The Law aimed at comprehensive regulation of state registration of rights to real estate and cadastral registration of real estate in a single regulatory act enters into force starting from January 01, 2017

Russia is likely to be among countries where lobbyism is regulated by law: in July 2015 the Russian State Duma received a draft federal law on procedure for promoting interests of business organizations and individual entrepreneurs before state and municipal authoritie

For the first time, court satisfied claim of FAS on charging court costs on defendant

Review of legislation on personal data storage

On August 3 the Ministry of Communications published clarifications of new requirements for storage and processing of personal data

Review of legislation of the Eurasian Economic Union: July 2015 

New unified rules for pharmaceutical circulation within the Eurasian Economic Union

Federal Law No.246-FZ dated 13.07.2015 entered into effect to provide 3‑years free from control for small businesses and a risk-oriented approach to state control/supervision. New profit thresholds for small and medium-size businesses

Bank of Russia establishes procedure for maintaining state register of microfinance organizations

Starting from 2016, financial organization must join self-regulatory organizations

Russian President signs law obliging operators to delete certain information from search engines

Procedure for extending lease agreements for state and municipal property with small and medium businesses in Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol is established