On 25 April 2023, a new Presidential decree on counter-sanctions (Decree No. 302 On Temporary Administration of Certain Assets) was enacted with immediate effect, arguably as a response of the Russian Government to the freezing of certain Russian energy-related assets located in the unfriendly states.
Read in detail in the alert at the link:
https://stonebridgelegal.ru/media/files/Alert_Counter_Sanctions_Regulations_27_April_ENG.pdf
Draft law No. 1059849-7, which supplements Federal Law No. 160-FZ On Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation, dated 9 July 1999, with a new Article 20 (1), is currently under consideration in the State Duma. The article introduces a legal mechanism allowing Russian purchasers who bought shares (equity interests) in Russian companies previously owned by foreign investors to refuse, subject to a number of conditions, to perform their obligations to return the assets to foreign investors under buyback options and other similar agreements.
21.07.2025