Access to information about decisions of Russian government agencies concerning the activities of market participants is being increasingly restricted.  This is linked to the risk of additional sanctions. Where, then, should one look for accurate information about the regulator's position? The obvious answer is in judicial decisions and in the overviews of them that...

In 2025, the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union (the ‘EAEU Court’) celebrates its tenth anniversary. Over this period, it has proved its authority and demonstrated its contribution and importance by ensuring legal certainty and consistency in how the Union law is interpreted and applied. As evidenced by an analysis of its practice, one of the main area that...

Marketplaces are gaining a significant foothold on the e-commerce market. As platforms grow in popularity, so the number of offences in the sector also increases. Would it be appropriate, however, to say that marketplaces are creating a new environment for misconduct? Let us take a look at new practices.

Starting from 1 January 2025, a tax amnesty in the case of a split-up of a business1 has been launched in Russia. Taxpayers that have voluntarily refused to apply such schemes and that comply with a number of conditions will be able to avoid additional taxes, default interest and fines being accrued based on the outcome of tax audits for 2022-2024. It is a...

Lately, instead of a fine, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has started using the more stringent measure, namely orders, to transfer unlawfully gained income to the government purse. Let us find out what explains this practice and what it is founded on.

The field of public procurement has undergone large-scale changes on numerous occasions in the last few years. First, sets of amendments were adopted to optimise the field. These were followed by anti-COVID adjustments, while next came new amendments against the backdrop of sanctions. All the above served as a catalyst for reforming the industry. Currently, new amendments...

Advertising in the Internet has been a matter of concern for market participants since September 2022, when the rules for keeping records of and labelling advertisements came into force¹. The new rules were followed, in September 2023, by liability being introduced for a breach². Moreover, the matter at issue now is not merely what the requirements...

Using AI makes business more effective. However, it also increases the number of actual and potential disputes about violations of confidentiality and unfair competition, as well as breaches of laws on advertising. Currently, existing legal provisions are insufficient to ensure that state-of-the-art technologies are safely implemented and used. Let us...

Different countries are searching for ways to safeguard competition in the field of e-commerce and reduce the risk of monopolisation. Russia is no exception. The recent trend is to shift from self-regulation of e-commerce to more stringent regulation. Let us consider one of the initiatives whereby bans and obligations for marketplaces are proposed to be introduced.

Pepeliaev Group advises that on 29 February 2024 a draft federal law was put before the State Duma  which proposes removing from the Law on Protecting Competition the provisions that make possible identifying that a self-employed individual holds a dominant position, clarifying the procedure for identifying a monopolistically low price of a product and changing the procedure for... Image by Freepik