The COVID-19 pandemic affected many aspects of society’s life, and tax relations were no exception. One of the key issues that bothers individuals faced with a lockdown in some country is determining their tax status.

With 20 million Muslims by some estimates, Russia has by far the largest Muslim population in Europe. In fact, Russia’s Muslim population is larger than the combined entire populations of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, Europe’s three Muslim-majority countries. In early 2019, the chairman of Russia’s Council of Muftis predicted that Russia’s Muslim population would increase to 30% by the year 2035. KYLE DAVIS writes.

At the end of March, the new concept of  “non-working days” appeared in labor law without prior notice. The Partner of Capital Legal Services Irina Onikienko comments about the rights, obligations and legal difficulties that employers now have in this connection. 

Partner and head of the Bankruptcy practice at Capital Legal Services Irina Onikienko in an interview for the Delovoi Peterburg comments on the main bankruptcy trends in 2019.

Irina Onikienko, Partner and attorney at law at Capital Legal Services, gave comments to the Pravo.ru media source, where experts from the legal community deliberate on the possibility and consequences of the moratorium on the death sentence being lifted in Russia.

Over recent years, the Islamic banking trend in Russia has been growing. Experts of Capital Legal Services, head of Corporate practice Dmitry Churin and lawyer Maria Aksenova told Islamic Finance News about the prospects for Islamic finance in Russia.

Let’s say you ordered services from a company, say, building a house. The house was built, but with many flaws, and you still can’t live in it because of the numerous shortcomings.

“Please fix the defects, then I will pay,” you say. “I would like but I can’t, as I am going bankrupt,” the contractor will answer. “Then I too won’t be paying,” you summarize.

Can one change lawyers halfway into the game? Law firm partners tell RBC how, when and by what signs to tell whether you chose the wrong consultant, what to do in such cases and how much such a mistake will cost.

RBC (Russian Business Consulting) recently come out with content on why it is so critical to form a solid team of attorneys and how to find objectively high-class experts when preparing to sign a serious contract.

Head of the Tax practice at Capital Legal Services Anastasya Kuzmina commented on the legal news for the Pravo.ru law portal.