Category Archives: legislation

Strategic Sectors Law Update – Draft Amendments and First Meeting of 2011

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

Strategic Sectors Law Amendments On February 17, the Russian government submitted amendments to the Strategic Sectors law.  The only substantive change the amendments address is the ownership issue I covered here – i.e., that the law currently applies to any … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Foreign direct investment, foreign investment, Government of Russia, Law, legal update, legislation, moscow, oligarchs, PM Putin, Putin, reform, reserves, russia, Russian economy, strategic industries, Vladimir Putin | 1 Comment

Strategic Sectors Law Update – Latest Approvals and Exclusive Draft Amendments

Posted on August 9, 2010 by

Last week the Commission on Foreign Investment met for the third time this year and approved seven major deals.  At the meeting, PM Putin noted that “foreign investment in our national economy was $21 billion in the first six months … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign direct investment, foreign investment, legal update, legislation, PM Putin, Putin, russia, strategic industries

Legal Update – Strategic Industries Law Amendments

Posted on June 4, 2010 by

I wanted to wait to discuss this until the draft law was out, but I am tired of waiting so here goes.  The last time we looked at the strategic industries law in March, I posted draft amendments from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economic development, FAS, Foreign direct investment, foreign investment, Law, legal update, legislation, strategic industries | 1 Comment

TRM Exclusive – Draft Amendments to Strategic Sectors Law

Posted on March 1, 2010 by

Update: The Moscow Times also reports that the FAS today announced its intent to sue Russian and foreign investors who have failed to comply with the strategic sectors law.  Read all about it here. In other news, PM Putin announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign direct investment, foreign investment, legislation, strategic industries

A Democratic Softening on the Eve of Clinton/Lavrov Meeting?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by

 As Secretary of State Clinton prepares to sit down with Foreign Minister Lavrov tomorrow in Geneva, hopefully someone on her staff will point out two largely unnoticed pieces of legislation introduced by Pres. Medvedev last week.   The legislation reforms … Continue reading →

Posted in elections, legislation, rule of law, u.s.-russia relations