Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Draft bill on nationalization of Russian assets owned by foreign persons on 11 April 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Russia is considering criminal sanctions for executives of companies that take actions in order to implement foreign sanctions on 5 April 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled Russia introduces further countermeasures on 9 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “Russia considers countermeasures in response to Western sanctions” on 28 February 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “Russia imposes special economic measures in response to Western sanctions” on 1 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “Russia imposes a ban on foreign aircraft flights from 36 states” on 1 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions Blog published the alert titled “Russia imposes additional economic measures to ensure financial stability of Russia” on 2 March 2022. Read the article via the link here. Please also visit our Sanctions Blog for the most recent updates.
On 28 January 2022, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the representative office of the European Union about the expansion of the list of representatives of EU member states and institutions prohibited from entering the territory of the Russian Federation. The names of the banned persons did not become public. No economic sanctions have been imposed against them.
Baker McKenzie are pleased to invite you to two follow up webinars of 30 minutes focused specifically on the latest developments and operational considerations on the ground in Ukraine and in Russia. Webinar 1 – on 10 February 2022 – will focus on Ukraine and Webinar 2 – on 15 February 2022 – will focus on Russia.
On 2 December 2021, the Supreme Court of Russia ruled that Russian entities are not obliged to prove limited access to justice in foreign arbitration in order to refer disputes to Russian state arbitrazh courts. The mere fact that such Russian entities are subject to any sanctions should be enough for that purpose.